South Leith Churchyard
South Leith Churchyard is a cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. South Leith Churchyard is situated nearby to South Leith Parish Church, as well as near the museum Trinity House of Leith.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include South Leith Parish Church and Trinity House of Leith.
South Leith Parish Church
Church
Photo: Kognos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North and South Leith Parish Church, originally the Kirk of Our Lady, St Mary, is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. Prior to the union with the former North Leith Parish Church in 2024, the building was known as South Leith Parish Church.
Trinity House of Leith
Museum
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trinity House, 99 Kirkgate, is a building in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, which was a guild hall, custom house, and centre for maritime administration and poor relief.
St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church
Church
Photo: Cruon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Mary Star of the Sea Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is situated on Constitution Street in the Leith district and staffed by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church is situated 510 feet northeast of South Leith Churchyard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leith and Pilrig.
Leith
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leith is the historic port of Edinburgh the capital of Scotland, north of city centre on the shore of the Firth of Forth. It's now only a minor port and has lost much of its industry, to be replaced by retail, bistros and cobbled wharves.
Pilrig
Quarter
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pilrig is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The name probably derives from the long field on which a peel tower stood. There is evidence of a peel tower situated on an area of higher ground above the Water of Leith.
Bonnington
Quarter
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bonnington is a district of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The area centres upon an original village which grew up around a ford on the Water of Leith, on the old boundary between Edinburgh and the port of Leith.
South Leith Churchyard
- Type: Cemetery
- Also known as: “South Leith Kirkyard”
- Category: burial
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.97195° or 55° 58′ 19″ northLongitude
-3.1703° or 3° 10′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C7RXRCH+QVOpenStreetMap ID
way 42448052OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=grave_yard
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