Lady Yester's Kirk was a parish church of the Church of Scotland and one of the burgh churches of Edinburgh. Founded in 1647, it served the south-eastern...
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Lady Yester, benefactor of Lady Yester's Kirk, is commemorated by a 17th-century plaque on the south wall; this was removed from Lady Yester's Kirk after...
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structure as a Chapel Royal. The congregation were instructed to use Lady Yester's Church while a new church was constructed. On 28 June 1687, James VII...
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founded Lady Yester's Kirk in Edinburgh. National Records of Scotland ECC8/8/46 pp. 109-120. James Hunter, Historical Notices of Lady Yester's Church and...
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sanctuary between 1932 and 1938 under the architect Henry F. Kerr. Lady Yester's Kirk united with Greyfriars in 1938 and, after Gardiner's departure in...
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Paul's Church in Perth. In 1849 he then succeeded Rev John Caird at Lady Yester's Kirk in central Edinburgh where he preached for over 30 years. He then...
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his father became appointed minister of Lady Yester's Church in 1733. His father moved to Old Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh in 1736. He studied divinity...
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worshipped in Lady Yester's Kirk (built in 1647) until 1691. Both of these sites formerly served as burial grounds to the parish. The new Canongate Kirk was founded...
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Edinburgh and befriended Rev David Black of Lady Yester's Kirk and Walter Buchanan Second Charge of Canongate Kirk who persuaded him to become a minister....
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parish at Cramond. In 1736 he was translated to Lady Yester’s Kirk and in December 1750 to Old Greyfriars Kirk on the south edge of the then city. From 1754...
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Bristo Square Deaconess House Forrest Hill Building Informatics Forum Lady Yester's Kirk Lauriston Building Library George Square Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre...
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Bristo Square Deaconess House Forrest Hill Building Informatics Forum Lady Yester's Kirk Lauriston Building Library George Square Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre...
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the sole charge of Lady Yester's Kirk in 1754, and four years later in 1758 was translated to the second charge of the High Kirk of St Giles under Rev...
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Bristo Square Deaconess House Forrest Hill Building Informatics Forum Lady Yester's Kirk Lauriston Building Library George Square Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre...
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South Leith Parish Church (redirect from Kirk of Our Lady)
South Leith Parish Church, originally the Kirk of Our Lady, St Mary, is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. It is the principal church and congregation...
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25 January 2021. "Sanday, Lady Parish Church | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2021. "Graemsay Old Parish Kirk, Graemsay | Buildings at...
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of Edinburgh. After almost two decades in Borthwick he translated to Lady Yester's Church in Edinburgh in November 1733. Three years later he moved to...
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town council invited him to take over Lady Yester's Church to fill a post vacated by Rev John Lee moving to Old Kirk of St Giles. In Edinburgh his roles...
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Borders. He was then minister of Lady Yester's Kirk in Edinburgh from 1730 to 1732 and then translated to the New (West) Kirk in Edinburgh, one of the four...
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November 1771 he was translated again, to Lady Yester's Kirk in Edinburgh. In 1778 he made his final move, to the Old Kirk of Edinburgh, one of the four parishes...
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services: 1650 to 1655 - John Stirling translated to the newly built Lady Yester's Church 1663 to 1665 - James Lundie MA 1665 to 1676 - Robert Mortimer...
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was ordained as minister of Cockpen in April 1758 and translated to Lady Yester's Kirk in Edinburgh in October 1767 in place of Rev John Drysdale. In February...
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under the patronage of Lord Hopetoun. In August 1764 he translated to Lady Yester’s Kirk in Edinburgh (through the recommendation of James Oswald and Lord...
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Samuel Semple 1697 to 1742 John Jardine 1741 to 1750 translated to Lady Yester's Church David Moubray 1751 briefly Thomas White 1751 to 1789 James Grant...
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List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (redirect from Moderator of the Kirk of Scotland)
(Borthwick) 1760 George Kay (Edinburgh: Old Greyfriars') 1761 John Hyndman (Lady Yester's Church) note - Scott does not record this moderatorship 1762 Robert...
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from their temporary home at Lady Yester's Church near the Edinburgh High School. On 14 January 1690 he formed the first kirk session. The congregation continued...
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Maxwell Fleming (sic) (d.1854) daughter of Rev Dr Thomas Fleming DD of Lady Yester's Church in Edinburgh. Their children included Rev Patrick Thomas Muirhead...
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