Whitekirk
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Map of East Lothian
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
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Whitekirk books (2 available)
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St James Church, Leith, Edinburgh EH6
I now live in Houston, Texas, USA. My birth certificate has a written record of my being baptized in St James Church in Leith, but I cannot find any record of the church, which was near Gt Junction Street, Leith. Thanks. Morty Grant, born in Lapicide Place, Leith.
A memory of Edinburgh contributed by Morton Grant
grandfathers birthplace
never saw him
A memory of Edinburgh contributed by john dunn
My father was a Drummer Boy
My father was a Drummer Boy in Edinburgh Castle when he was 14 in 1915. He threw the sergeant's false teeth out of the window by mistake, he thought it was just a cup of water. But next day when the sergeant picked up the cup and said where's my ---------- teeth , he knew. He did not own up. A mystery never solved.
A memory of Edinburgh contributed by eddie tait
My father was a drummer boy
My father was a drummer boy in Edinburgh Castle when he was 14 in 1915.
A memory of Edinburgh contributed by eddie tait
Extracts From Whitekirk & East Lothian books
Here we see the 15th-century cruciform church of St Mary’s, its massive tower surmounted by a wooden spire. The church was targeted by the suffragettes during a campaign of violence following the government’s refusal to grant votes for women. Other targets for fire-bombing included Farrington Hall and Leuchars railway station.
An extract from from"Edinburgh Photographic Memories".
A view of the village of Whitekirk.
An extract from from"Edinburgh Photographic Memories".
The chapel is famed for its pillar of entwined ribbands. The story is that the chief stonemason went to Italy to study a similar pillar. While he was away, his apprentice worked out how to construct the pillar after having a dream and built it. On his return, the mason was so jealous of his apprentice’s work that he struck the boy dead.
An extract from from"Edinburgh Photographic Memories".
The River Almond flows from Blackburn to the three towns of East, Mid and West Calder. It was at Mid Calder in 1556 that John Knox first administered Communion according to Protestant rites.
An extract from from"Edinburgh Photographic Memories".
The precinct is typical of a style that dominated redevelopment and new town schemes of the late 1950s and 1960s. Examples can be seen throughout the UK, many of them now looking the worse for wear.
An extract from from"Edinburgh Photographic Memories".