South Leith Parish Church

North & South Leith Parish Church
The Constitution Street side of the church
Map
55°58′19″N 3°10′22″W / 55.97194°N 3.17278°W / 55.97194; -3.17278
LocationBetween Constitution Street and the Kirkgate, near the foot of Leith Walk in Leith, Edinburgh's harbour district
CountryScotland
DenominationChurch of Scotland
Websitehttps://nslpc.co.uk/
History
Former name(s)St Mary's
StatusChurch
Founded1487
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationCategory A listed
Specifications
Capacityc.1400
Materialsstone
The stunning hammerhead timber ceiling of South Leith Parish Church

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.

It is the principal church and congregation in Leith, in Edinburgh. Its kirkyard is the burial place for John Home[1] (author of Douglas) and John Pew, the man from whom the author Robert Louis Stevenson reputedly derived the character of Blind Pew in the novel Treasure Island.[2] 18th-century Scottish Episcopal Church bishop and historian Robert Forbes also lies buried beneath the church floor. The church has been repaired, used as an ammunition store and reconstructed[3] but still retains the basic layout of the nave of the old church.

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