History of Leith, Edinburgh

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List of the City of Edinburgh Council Cemeteries
Cemetery/Churchyard Address

Buccleuch Churchyard, Buccleuch Street
Old Calton Burial Ground, Waterloo Place
New Calton Burial Ground, Regent Road
Canongate Churchyard, Canongate
Colinton Churchyard, Spylaw Street
Corstorphine Churchyard, Corstorphine High Street
Corstorphine Hill Cemetery, Drum Brae South/North
Comely Bank Cemetery, Crewe Road South
Cramond Churchyard, Cramond Glebe Road
Currie Churchyard, Kirkgate, off Lanark Road West
Dalry Cemetery, Dalry Road
Duddingston Churchyard, Duddingston Village
Gogar Churchyard, Glasgow Road
Grange Cemetery, Beaufort Road
Greyfriars Churchyard, Candlemaker Row
Kirkliston Cemetery, The Square
North Leith Churchyard, Coburg Street
South Leith Churchyard, Kirkgate, Leith
Liberton Cemetery, Liberton Brae
Morningside Cemetery, Morningside Drive
Mortonhall Cemetery, Howden Hall Road
Newington, Dalkeith Road
North Merchiston Cemetery, Slateford Road
Portobello Cemetery, Milton Road East
East Preston Street Cemetery, East Preston Street
Ratho Cemetery, Ratho Village, Freelands Road
Restalrig Churchyard, Restalrig Road South
Rosebank Cemetery, Pilrig Street
Saughton Cemetery, Chesser Loan
St Cuthberts Churchyard, King’s Stables Road
South Queensferry Cemetery, Ferriemuir Lane
Warriston Cemetery, Warriston Gardens
Jewish Cemetery, Sciennes House Place
Wauchope Burial Ground, Greendykes Road
Dalmeny Churchyard, Dalmeny Village
South Queensferry Vennel, South Queensferry

For information on any of the above contact-

Name: Bereavement Services Division
Address: Mortonhall Crematorium, Howdenhall Road, Edinburgh, EH16 6TX
Tel: 0131 664 4314
Fax: Fax: 0131 664 2031

The staff are happy to check burial records for family members and genealogists free of charge. By letter or e-mail.

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The meeting together of the Kirk Sessions of the 5 Leith congregations of The Church of Scotland was indeed a historic event. This special meeting took place on Monday 12 March 2007 in Leith St Andrew’s church. Some 60 elders together with the 5 congregational ministers took part in an evening of both business and social interaction.

Ian Gilmour chaired the meeting and started off welcoming everyone and explaining just how significant this coming together was. It was wonderful to see elders representing all 5 congregations greeting each other, many as old friends and many as new friends.

Alistair Keil from the Deployment of Resources came forward and presented the audience with an ‘outsider’s view’ of what has been happening in Leith across the 5 congregations. Alistair gave out 5 questions for the elders to take away and consider. Alistair suggested that our answers may help address some of the issues the forum faces now and in the future.

Alistair then took several questions from the floor before bringing this section to a close.

The elders then viewed the Forum film (approx 15 minutes). All congregations have now had a chance to view the film. This lead us into a 15 minute period of mixing and chatting with a cup of tea after which the elders broke off into small groups of 7 ensuring there was at least one elder from each congregation in all of the groups. Ian asked the groups to consider 3 questions and to document their answers. After 30 minutes of individual group discussions a rep from each group took it in turn to come forward and share their group’s answers with the whole audience. The documented answers have been collected by the Forum committee and will be taken into account in deciding future actions.

Ian brought the meeting to a close with everyone saying the Grace to each other.

This was indeed a historic event taking us further along the route leading to a true working together in Leith.

Arthur Mathieson
Session Clerk South Leith Parish Church

(c) South Leith Records 1645. The year of of the plague

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(c) South Leith Records
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Meeting-House Green showing “The Ark” or “John Knox’s House”

This is where South Leith Church was situated in the 17th century

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(c) South Leith Records