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Restalrig church
Unknown, 1980, Reproduction
Restalrig church
Restalrig church
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38512
Title
Restalrig church
Artist / maker
Unknown
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Unknown
Date
1980
Size
8.0 x 10.8 cm
Type
Reproduction
A photocopy of a photograph of Restalrig church and graveyard. There are records of a church on this site from 1178. James III endowed a Chaplainry and built a chapel housing the shrine of St Triduana, who was said to have lived in Restalrig in the fifth or sixth century. James IV and James V made other additions to the church.
Restalrig Church was destroyed in 1560 on the orders of the first General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, but the churchyard was still used for burials. After 1689, Episcopalians were not allowed to buried in city churches, so many chose the graveyard of the ruined Restalrig Church.
The church was rebuilt in 1836 by William Burn, initially used as a chapel of ease for South Leith Parish Church. Restalrig became a parish in its own right again in 1912.
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