Old St Paul's, Edinburgh, Episcopal

It was founded in 1884.

In 1689 Episcopalians left St Giles with the Bishop of Edinburgh on account of their Jacobite allegiance and their refusal to accept the succession of William of Orange. They were disestablished, and worshipped in a wool-store at the junction of Leith Wynd and Carrubers Close for nearly 200 years until the church was built in 1883. (An Edinburgh Alphabet, JF Birrel, Mercat Press, 1980)

Certainly by 1817, the congregation was sufficiently well established in Carubbers Close for the site to be marked as "English Chapel" on KIrkwoods map. This site is immediately to the south of the 1884 building.

It is located at NT2596173748 (Lat/Lon 55.951036, -3.187208). You can see this on maps provided by:

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