Greyfriars Churchyard, East Division

Category

Library Item

Item no

5822

Title

Greyfriars Churchyard, east division, west gable of church

Description

This is a photograph by a member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society.

Artist / maker

Gibb, Andrew A.

Date

1912

Size

9 x 11.8 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh takes its name from early associations with the Franciscan Order (otherwise known as the Grey Friars). The church was built in around 1620. In 1638 it was the site of the signing of the National Covenant, a document pledging to defend the Presbyterian Church against Charles I unwanted innovations.

Greyfriars Kirk was damaged by fire in both 1845 and 1857.

Greyfriars Kirkyard, or Graveyard, is the burial ground of Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh. It houses the graves of many notable historical figures including the poet Allan Ramsay, the geologist James Hutton and the architect William Adam. In 1679 several hundred Covenanters were imprisoned in the Kirkyard awaiting trial.

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

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