Trinity College Kirk

Trinity College Kirk was a royal collegiate church in , Scotland. The kirk and its adjacent almshouse, Trinity Hospital, were founded in 1460 by Mary of Guelders in memory of her husband, King James II who had been killed at the siege of Roxburgh Castle that year.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: royal collegiate church in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, almost entirely demolished in 1848
  • Also known as: “Trinity Apse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include John Knox House and Museum of Childhood.

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, popularly known as John Knox's House, is a historic house in , Scotland, reputed to have been owned and lived in by Protestant reformer John Knox during the 16th century.

Museum
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The is a museum that houses a collection of children's toys and playthings, situated on the , in , . It is the first museum in the world to specialise in the history of childhood.

Railway station
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Edinburgh Waverley is the principal railway station serving , Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after . The station serves as the northern terminus of the East Coast Main Line, 393 miles 13 chains from , although some trains operated by London North Eastern Railway continue to other Scottish destinations beyond Edinburgh. is situated 1,000 feet west of Trinity College Kirk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and Dumbiedykes.

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is the original settlement of . At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".

Suburb
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is a residential area in the centre of , . It mainly comprises public housing developments. It is bounded in the north by Holyrood Road, the west by the Pleasance and St Leonard's Street and the east by .

Neighborhood
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is an area in , the capital of , lying east of the city centre, at the foot of the . The area takes its name from , which was the Church of the Holy Rude. includes the following sites:…

Trinity College Kirk

Latitude
55.95096° or 55° 57′ 4″ north
Longitude
-3.18568° or 3° 11′ 8″ west
Open location code
9C7RXR27+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 70955023
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q7842704
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Scots—“Trinity College Kirk” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “三一学院教堂”
  • German: “Trinity College Kirk”
  • Persian: “کلیسای کالجی تثلیث”
  • Scots: “Trinity College Kirk”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Carrubbers Christian Centre and Museum of Magic, Fortune-Telling and Witchcraft.

Nearby Places

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