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View of Canongate Church from South South West, also showing Burgh Cross in front of church and Nelson's Monument behind.
SC 488199
Description View of Canongate Church from South South West, also showing Burgh Cross in front of church and Nelson's Monument behind.
Collection Photographs by H D Wyllie, photographer, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 488199
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ED 3251
Scope and Content The Canongate Kirk, Canongate, Edinburgh The Canongate Kirk, parish church of the Canongate, was built in 1688 by James Smith at the instigation of James VII from money left to the Crown by a rich merchant, Thomas Moodie. The arms of Thomas Moodie appear above an inscribed tablet over the Doric portico. Above the circular window are the carved Royal Arms of William III. The emblem of the Canongate, a stag's head, cross and antlers, appears on top of the gable. In 1687 James VII converted the nave of Holyrood Abbey from the parish church for the burgh of Canongate into a chapel for the Order of the Thistle. Money left to the Crown from Thomas Moodie was used to build a new parish church for the Canongate. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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Attribution: © Courtesy of HES. Photographs by H D Wyllie, photographer, Edinburgh, Scotland
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