North Leith Parish Church

It has a notable neo-classical portico (with four large Ionic columns), above which is a clock tower surmounted by a slender spire.

The manse and its gardens and orchards were removed in 1920 to provide the site for Leith Theatre.

[3] The church connection dates to 1128, when King David I of Scotland granted lands for the construction of Holyrood Abbey.

In 1493 Robert Bellenden, Abbot of Holyrood, built St Ninian's Chapel on the north-west bank of the Water of Leith, on lands owned by the Abbey.

[5] At the point of the Disruption of 1843 North Leith parish was "vacant" (having no fixed minister) which seemed an encouragement to many to leave.

Rev Robert MacDonald served as Moderator of the General Assembly for the Free Church in 1882.

The parish largely consists of the north-west part of Leith, including the Fort housing scheme, Leith Docks, including the Ocean Terminal shopping centre, the Royal Yacht Britannia and the Scottish Government offices at Victoria Quay.

The burial ground then moved to Coburg Street in 1664 (it is not clear where people were buried from 1656 until 1664).

A number of graves were lost due to the creation of the Water of Leith Walkway on the inner edge of the ground in 1981.