Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Notes:
The Kirk of the Canongate, or Canongate Kirk, serves the Parish of Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town, in Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The parish includes the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish Parliament. It is also the parish church of Edinburgh Castle, even though the castle is detached from the rest of the parish.



The Canongate was a separate burgh before it was formally absorbed by Edinburgh in 1856. By the late 1970s, the lower part of the Royal Mile, including the Canongate, had become unfashionable and run down. The local population was declining. The Kirk was threatened with closure, which was successfully resisted by the minister and congregation. Since then, circumstances have changed radically - notably with the construction of new flats in the vicinity as well as the new Scottish Parliament building.



The church was founded in 1688 and completed in 1691. The master mason in charge was James Smith. A plaque on the front of the church bears witness to it having been built through a large bequest from a local merchant:



In 1688 King James VII ordained that the Mortification of Thos. Moodie, granted in 1649 to build a Church, should be applied to the erection of this structure



(In this quotation, the word Mortification is an historic term from Scottish Law meaning "the disposal of property for religious or (since the Reformation) other charitable or public purposes, or a document embodying this".)[2]



Previously the residents of the Canongate had used the Abbey Church adjacent to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, but King James VII ordered the construction of the new Kirk of the Canongate, allowing the Abbey Church to be converted into a Chapel for the Order of the Thistle. (The current Thistle Chapel is attached to St Giles' Cathedral).



The Canongate is a street and associated district in central Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. The street forms the main eastern length of the Royal Mile while the district is the main eastern section of Edinburgh's Old Town. It began when David I of Scotland, by the Great Charter of Holyrood Abbey c.1143, authorised the Abbey to found a burgh separate from Edinburgh between the Abbey and Edinburgh. The burgh of Canongate that developed was controlled by the Abbey until the Scottish Reformation when it came under secular control. In 1636 the adjacent city of Edinburgh bought the feudal superiority of the Canongate but it remained a semi-autonomous burgh under its own administration of bailies chosen by Edinburgh magistrates, until its formal incorporation into the city in 1856.



The burgh gained its name from the route that the canons of Holyrood Abbey took to Edinburgh - the canons' way or the canons' gait, from the Scots word gait meaning "way". In more modern times, the eastern end is sometimes referred to as part of the Holyrood area of the city.



Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by King David I. During the 15th century, the abbey guesthouse was developed into a royal residence, and after the Scottish Reformation the Palace of Holyroodhouse was expanded further. The abbey church was used as a parish church until the 17th century, and has been ruined since the 18th century. The remaining walls of the abbey lie adjacent to the palace, at the eastern end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile.

Birth

Matches 1 to 20 of 20

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID
1	Kinkaid, James	1601	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I39135
2	Kinkaid, Margaret	1601	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I39139
3	Kinkaid, Agnes	1604	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I39138
4	Kinkaid, Jhone	1605	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I39137
5	Kinkaid, James	1606	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I39123
6	Duncane, Agnes	1618	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I35056
7	Duncane, Masie	1619	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I35055
8	Fairer, Cathrene	1620	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I47092
9	Duncane, Helein	1622	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I35054
10	Duncane, Margrat	1623	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I35053
11	Duncane, James	1624	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I35052
12	Duncane, Jonat	1626	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I34157
13	Duncane, Thomas	1627	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I34158
14	Allane, John	1628	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I34091
15	Duncane, Jonat	1630	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I34153
16	Duncane, Johne	1633	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I35048
17	Duncane, James	1635	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I34156
18	Duncan, Alexander	1638	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I35047
19	McPherson, John	Abt 1795	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I13150
20	McGregor, John	1813	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I50272

Christening

Matches 1 to 25 of 25

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Christening		Person ID
1	Kinkaid, Margaret	16 Jun 1601	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I39139
2	Kinkaid, James	20 Sep 1601	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I39135
3	Kinkaid, Agnes	29 Apr 1604	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I39138
4	Kinkaid, Jhone	1 Dec 1605	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I39137
5	Kinkaid, James	26 Jan 1605/06	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I39123
6	Miller, Jonett	30 Jul 1611	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I33902
7	Miller, Agnes	25 Sep 1613	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I33850
8	Miller, Johne	25 Sep 1613	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I8996
9	Miller, Margaret	21 May 1615	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I33915
10	Duncane, Agnes	8 Mar 1617/18	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I35056
11	Duncane, Masie	29 Aug 1619	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I35055
12	Fairer, Cathrene	4 May 1620	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I47092
13	Duncane, Helein	24 Feb 1621/22	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I35054
14	Duncane, Margrat	26 Oct 1623	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I35053
15	Duncane, Jonat	7 May 1626	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I34157
16	Duncane, Thomas	16 Dec 1627	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I34158
17	Allane, John	17 Apr 1628	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I34091
18	Duncane, Jonat	11 Apr 1630	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I34153
19	Duncane, Johne	24 Dec 1633	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I35048
20	Duncane, James	3 Mar 1634/35	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I34156
21	Duncan, Alexander	29 Jul 1638	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I35047
22	Boog, Thomas	4 Feb 1790	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I56185
23	Boag, Andrew James	27 Apr 1792	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I52775
24	McGregor, John	24 Jul 1813	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I50272
25	Allan, James	22 Sep 1814	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I13491

Death

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Death		Person ID
1	Boag, Robert	May 1766	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	I56188

Marriage

Matches 1 to 8 of 8

	Family	Marriage		Family ID
1	Kinkaid / Wat	24 Feb 1600/01	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	F13144
2	Duncane / Fowlar	7 May 1616	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	F11592
3	Boog / Neilson	27 Apr 1786	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	F18090
4	Carss / Ross	10 May 1790	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	F12156
5	Mason / Paterson	29 May 1805	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	F10829
6	Cumming / Anderson	28 Aug 1805	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	F4492
7	McGregor / Graham	1 Sep 1812	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	F17199
8	Allan / Cowie	28 Aug 1813	Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	F2988