Currie Kirk - Close up
by Yvonne Johnstone
Title
Currie Kirk - Close up
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The site of Currie Kirk has been a place of Christian worship for over a thousand years. There are a few mentions of this area in medieval and early modern documents. One of the first is when Robert of Kildeleith became Chancellor of Scotland in 1249.
Kildeleith means Chapel by the Leith. The Water of Leith being the main river flowing through Edinburgh from its source in the Pentland Hills to the port of Leith where it flows into the sea via the Firth of Forth.
The first recorded church was in 1200 and Currie was known as Kildeleith at this time. The present church was erected in 1784 by James Thompson of Leith. It houses a Knights Templar gravestone, war memorials and Calvary crosses.
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December 8th, 2019
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