St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh
St Cuthbert's Church | ||
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The Parish Church of Saint Cuthbert | ||
Style Renaissance, Baroque | | |
Years built | 1892–1894 | |
Administration | ||
Presbytery | Edinburgh | |
Clergy | ||
Minister(s) | Peter Sutton | |
Assistant | Charles Robertson | |
Laity | ||
Organist/Director of music | Graham Maclagan | |
Listed Building – Category A | ||
Official name | Lothian Road, St Cuthbert's Church (Church of Scotland), Churchyard and Monuments, Boundary Walls Gatepiers and Railings | |
Designated | 14 December 1970 | |
Reference no. | LB27339 |
The Parish Church of St Cuthbert is a
St Cuthbert's is situated within a large
The current church was built between 1892 and 1894 to replace a Georgian church, which had itself replaced a building of uncertain age. The building was designed by Hippolyte Blanc in the Baroque and Renaissance styles and retains the steeple of the previous church. The Buildings of Scotland guide to Edinburgh calls the church's furnishings "extraordinary".[9] Features include stained glass windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Douglas Strachan, and Ballantyne & Gardiner; mural paintings by Gerald Moira and John Duncan; and memorials by John Flaxman and George Frampton. The church also possesses a ring of ten bells by Taylor of Loughborough. The church has been a Category A listed building since 1970.[10]
Seven of the church's ministers have served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland during their incumbencies, including Robert Pont, who held the role on six occasions between the 1570s and 1590s. The church's present work includes ministries among homeless people and Edinburgh's business community.
History
Earliest days to the Reformation
It is uncertain when the first church of St Cuthbert was founded. Some secondary sources date its foundation to the latter part of the 7th century, during or shortly after the life of Saint Cuthbert.[1][2][3][4][5][b] Others place its foundation and dedication to the saint after the arrival to Scotland of Queen Margaret in 1069.[2][12] St Cuthbert's may be the church of "Edwinsbruch" which Symeon of Durham refers to as being in the possession of Lindisfarne in 854.[2][8][4][11] The parish may also have covered the whole of Edinburgh before the parish of St Giles' was detached from it in the 12th century.[3]
The earliest explicit record of the church comes in a charter of c. 1127, issued by David I granting to St Cuthbert's Church near the castle ′all the land below the castle, from the spring which rises beside the corner of the king's garden along the road to the church, and from the other side beneath the castle to a road beneath the castle towards the east′.[13]
The 1127 charter is followed almost immediately by another charter in 1128.
A relic of the medieval St Cuthbert's was discovered in 1773: while demolishing the old church, workmen discovered bones and a leaden urn within a leaden coffin. The urn issued a fragrant smell and within it lay an embalmed human heart. The heart may have been that of a crusader that was returned to his family from the Holy Land.[14]
The church may have been destroyed during
The first Protestant minister of St Cuthbert's was William Harlaw, a colleague of John Knox, who, unlike Knox himself, had remained in Scotland in the face of persecution.[15] In 1574, Harlaw was joined by Robert Pont. Skilled in law as well as theology, Pont served as moderator of the General Assembly on six occasions and also acted as a Lord of Session.[6] John Napier served as an elder of St Cuthbert's around the turn of the 17th century.[16]
Conflict: 1572–1689
In the 16th and 17th century, St Cuthbert's position in the shadow of
When Charles I erected the Diocese of Edinburgh in 1633, St Cuthbert's was allocated to the new diocese.[2] The church was again damaged during the Bishops' Wars in 1640–1642. The congregation had decamped to the Dean by May 1640.[18] In the summer of 1650, the church was occupied as a battery by the soldiers of Oliver Cromwell. The congregation met in the Town's College during these events, returning only in 1655.[19]
In 1660, at the
At the
18th century to present
St Cuthbert's was loyal to the
St Cuthbert's was involved in the early development of Methodism. In May 1764, John Wesley visited St Cuthbert's for communion; in his journal, he unfavourably compared the rites to those of the Church of England. Lady Maxwell of Pollok, one of Wesley's leading supporters in Scotland, was also a member of St Cuthbert's.[22]
By the middle of the 18th century, the Church of St Cuthbert was nearing ruin: in 1745, the roof of the Little Kirk was destroyed and in 1772, the collapse of some seating occasioned the condemnation of the building. The congregation decamped to the Methodist Chapel in Low Calton and returned on 31 July 1775, when the new church was opened.[21]
The
By the late 19th century, the 18th-century church was inadequate for what was, by then, one of Scotland's largest congregations. The final service was held on 11 May 1890 and the foundation stone of the new church was laid on 18 May 1892 by William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, who read a message from Queen Victoria. The new church, designed by Hippolyte Blanc, was opened on 11 July 1894.[29][30] The interior of the church was embellished with furnishings and artwork throughout the 20th century.[8] On 11 September 1930, Agatha Christie married her second husband, Max Mallowan, in the memorial chapel.[8]
Parish
Territory and population
From earliest times to the 19th century, St Cuthbert's parish covered a large area around Edinburgh. In the late
By the time of the
After the Reformation, the size of the parish was reduced by the extension of Edinburgh's parishes in 1621 and again by the transfers of Saughton and Ravelston to Corstorphine and Craiglockhart to Colinton in 1627 and the transfer of Newhaven to North Leith in 1630.[32][33] By 1642, the parish was divided into 21 area divisions; by 1743, this had increased to 26.[34] In the same year, the population of the parish was 9,493, rising to 12,000 in 1753; by 1822, the population of the parish's southern division alone was 20,250.[8]
Chapels of ease
In 1754, the
By the creation of other chapels and their elevation as parish churches, the size of St Cuthbert's parish was gradually reduced.Name | Location | Founded | Quoad sacra | Notes |
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Buccleuch
|
Southside | 1756 | 1834 | |
Claremont Street | Stockbridge | 1823 | Named "St Bernard's", 1851. | |
Hope Park | Newington | 1824 | Named "Newington", 1859. | |
St David's | Fountainbridge | 1831 | ||
Water of Leith | Dean | 1836 | Named "Dean", 1870. | |
Morningside | 1836 | 1838 | ||
St Aidan's | Tollcross | 1885 | 1887 | |
Bonnington | 1900 | - | Dissolved, 1924. | |
St Serf's | Inverleith | 1912 |
Detached parishes
In addition to chapels of ease founded by St Cuthbert's, the erection of other parish churches further reduced the size of St Cuthbert's parish.
Name | Location | Mission | Quoad sacra | Notes |
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St Andrew's |
George Street | - | 1781 | |
St George's | Charlotte Square | - | 1811 | |
St Mary's | Bellevue | - | 1824 | Founded as "Bellevue Chapel"[36] |
St Stephen's | Stockbridge | - | 1828 | |
Roxburgh Place | Southside |
- | 1834 | Admitted from the Relief Church |
St Paul's | St Leonard's | - | 1836 | Joined the Free Church, 1843[37]
|
Robertson Memorial | The Grange | 1870 | 1871 | Also known as "Grange"[38][39] |
West Coates | [40] | |||
St Leonard's | 1878 | 1884 | Mission of Newington[41] | |
St Margaret's | Dumbiedykes | 1868 | 1885 | Founded as "Queen's Park Chapel"[42] |
St Michael's | Shandon | 1876 | 1887 | [43] |
St James' | New Town | 1858 | 1891 | Mission of St Andrew's as "Elder Street"[44]
|
Craiglockhart | 1880 | 1897 | Mission of the Presbytery[45] | |
St Oswald's | Bruntsfield | 1890 | 1907 | Mission of Morningside as "St Mark's"[46] |
Tynecastle | Gorgie | 1885 | 1912 | Mission of St Michael's[47] |
Charteris Memorial |
The Pleasance | 1905 | 1934 | Founded as "St Ninian's Mission"[48] |
Schools and poorhouse
A parish school in St Cuthbert's is first mentioned in 1596. In 1612, Samuel West applied to found a
In 1583, the
Halls
St Cuthbert's maintained mission halls in Morrison Street in Tollcross from 1849 to 1967 and on Freer Street in Fountainbridge from 1903 to 1958.[49][11]
The former church halls stand within the churchyard slightly south of the church and facing onto King's Stables Road. The two-storeyed halls were completed in 1893 to designs of McCarthy and Watson and are in the Queen Anne style, displaying the influence of James Gibbs. The halls replaced an earlier building by MacGibbon and Ross, which was demolished due to the expansion of the railway.[53] The halls were refurbished in 1981 and given over to commercial purposes after the creation of new rooms within the church itself in the early 1990s. They have been Category C listed since 2000.[49][54]
Architecture
Previous buildings
Pre-1775 church
Before the building of the previous St Cuthbert's in 1775, the architectural history of the church is unclear. When the Georgian church was demolished, evidence of six previous buildings was claimed to have been found.[55] The preceding church may have been built after the sack of Edinburgh in 1544 and before 1550, when Alexander Ales refers to the "new parish church of St Cuthbert's".[4] Alternatively, the church demolished in the 1770s may have been constructed in the wake of the Lang Siege.[17] When the 1775 church was demolished, a number of Gothic moulded stones were discovered among the rubble: these probably came from the earlier church.[56]
James Gordon of Rothiemay's 1647 map of Edinburgh shows a long building with a pitched roof, a
The only portion of this church to survive is the burial vault of the Nisbets of Dean under the north side of the church, the entrance to which is marked by a stone plaque, bearing the family arms and dated 1692. The plaque was taken down and reinstated during the construction of the 1775 church and again during the construction of the current church.[59]
Georgian St Cuthbert's
In 1772, the older church was condemned and replaced with a simple, barn-like church designed and built by James Weir. The church stood four bays in length and three in width with a long, round-headed upper window in each bay; in the longitudinal walls, these stood above shorter, segmental-arched lower windows. The roof rested at a shallow pitch. An oculus adorned the space beneath the apex of the east gable. The corners were quoined.[58][60]
Initially, this church possessed a pedimented tower whose base projected from the line of the west gable but whose height extended no further than the line of the roof. Between 1789 and 1790, Alexander Stevens heightened the tower by addition the steeple. The tower and its steeple are the only surviving portion of the Georgian church, having been retained during the construction of the current church.[58]
Internally, box pews and two storeys of semi-octagonal galleries surrounded the tall, canopied pulpit. The galleries were accessed by a stairway in the west tower with trap stairs leading into the galleries.[21][58][61][62] The church could seat up to 3,000.[63]
By 1888, the church had become unfashionable and unsafe and Hippolyte Blanc was appointed to design a replacement. Blanc first proposed only to recase the building; it was later decided to rebuild the church on a larger scale. The last service was held in the Georgian church on 11 May 1890.[21][64] The money for the rebuild was in large part from the will of Rev James Veitch who had died in 1879.[65]
Present church
Exterior
Except for the
The north and south elevations of the church are near-identical. Round-arched windows pierce the upper level of each of the four western bays. The architraves of these windows are supported by half-fluted Corinthian pilasters. The lower level of each bay is pierced by an oblong window below a corniced architrave. The westernmost bay on each side is slightly advanced and a door, flanked to the west by a small window, stands in place of the lower window. Along the top of these four bays runs a tall ashlar parapet.[10]
Towards the east end of each side extends a shallow
The north and south elevations terminate with square-based, three-storeyed Baroque towers on the east sides of the transepts. Small oblong windows pierce each of the upper two storeys and doors stand in the ground level. Each tower is crowned by a decorative
The twin towers form the flanks of the east elevation. The central section is dominated by the semi-circular apse, which is covered by a leaded half-dome beneath the apex of the pointed east gable. The lower stage of the apse is undecorated while the upper stage is divided into three bays by Corinthian pilasters. In each bay, an oblong window sits below a panel with carved garlands. The wall each side of the apse advances slightly from the line of the towers and is capped with a decorative scroll.[10]
Steeple
The first stage of the tower's west elevation dates from James Weir's initial construction of the 1775 church; it is quoined and advances from the centre of the west gable. On the ground level, a channelled blind arch frames a large memorial sculpture of 1844 by Alexander Handyside Ritchie: this depicts David Dickson blessing children.[67] Above the arch is a Venetian window with the central light blocked. The first stage of the tower terminates in a simple pediment, beneath whose entablature rests a sundial dated 1774. The apse of the war memorial chapel projects slightly from the north side of the ground floor of the tower.[10]
Above the first stage, Alexander Stevens'
Interior
The sanctuary consists of a wide nave with a flat, compartmented plaster ceiling.[68] A U-shaped gallery, supported on marbled Corinthian columns, stands against the north, south, and west walls. Round-headed arches on Doric pilasters open into the transepts and chancel.[10][9] The west gallery was shortened between 1989 and 1990, when Stewart Tod & Partners partitioned off the western end of the sanctuary to improve the church's facilities and disability accessibility. The ground floor became the Lammermuir Room with the Lindisfarne Room above while the upper storey of the south transept became the Nor' Loch Room.[8]
The chancel consists of a semi-circular
Assessment
While George Hay praised the Georgian steeple as a "charming composition", reception of Blanc's design has been mixed.[60] As the church rose, the kirk session debated the appropriateness of the eastern towers. In the contemporary press, a Scotsman leader criticised the new church's proportions while the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch hailed the "worshipful feeling" the church inspired.[69] Writing four decades after the church's construction, Andrew Landale Drummond contrasted the opulence of the chancel to the "inadequacy" of the nave, concluding: " ... the showy Baroque decoration of St. Cuthbert's is alien both to good taste and the traditions of Presbyterianism."[68] Writing soon after Drummond, William Forbes Gray described the church as "handsome and ornate".[30] The authors of the Buildings of Scotland guide to Edinburgh praise Blanc's interior but state that exterior views "show an uneasy compromise, for snecked stonework and C15-16 Renaissance detail do not suit the austere kirk style, and the great bulk and divergent roof pitch are at odds with the Georgian steeple." The authors do, however, praise the east elevation, "which succeeds by sheer swank".[9]
The church has been Category A listed since 1970.[10]
Features
St Cuthbert's is notable for its ornate furnishings and decoration, many of which take inspiration from the
Chancel furnishings
The central focus of the east end of St Cuthbert's is the
On the north side of the chancel arch stands the marble pulpit: designed by Hippolyte Blanc, the pulpit was installed in 1898 to replace an earlier wooden pulpit. The pulpit stands on four red marble pillars – quarried at Sant'Ambrogio near Verona – with white Ionic capitals. The body of the pulpit is panelled with verd antique; its central panel bears a relief carving of an angel.[9][10] Beneath the pulpit, the church's foundation stone rests on fragments of Gothic masonry discovered during the demolition of the previous church.[66] Next to the font stands the lectern in the form of a full-length bronze angel, sculpted by David Watson Stevenson and installed in 1895.[9]
At the south side of the chancel arch stands the
Blanc designed the wooden chancel stalls. The choir stalls in the chancel have scroll-topped ends, similar to the pews of the nave. The elders' stalls in the apse display more elaborate Renaissance details.[9][10]
Artwork
Above the
In the panels of the chancel ceiling, murals by Gerald Moira depict the Four Evangelists while the vault of the apse is decroated with a scene of Christ in Majesty by Robert Hope. The spandrels of the chancel arch are decorated with angels painted by John Duncan in 1931.[9] Moira also adorned the west wall of the nave above the gallery with a large mural of Saint Cuthbert on Lindisfarne. When the west end was shortened in 1990, the mural was retained as part of the Lindisfarne Room.[55][53]
After the gallery of the south transept was walled-off in 1990 to create the Nor' Loch Room, a decorative screen designed by students of Edinburgh College of Art was added to the new wall.[10]
Memorials
In the vestibule and stairwells, memorials include a
To the left of the chancel arch stands a
Stained glass
In 1893, the
Pipe organ
The organ of St Cuthbert's was donated in 1899 by Robert Cox and built by Robert Hope-Jones of Birkenhead. The pipes were initially arrayed on either side of the chancel in cases designed by Hippolyte Blanc, architect of the church. The organ was rebuilt and expanded in 1928 by Hill, Norman, and Beard. Between 1956 and 1957, the organ was re-worked and expanded with the addition of an extra case in the north transept by Ian Gordon Lindsay. The organ was reconstructed between 1997 and 1998 by J. W. Walker & Sons of Brandon and the cases were restored. J.W. Walker & Sons carried out further alterations in 2002. The present organ possesses four manuals and 67 speaking stops.[9][55][73]
Bells and plate
The church tower houses a
The bells were initially rung by young men of the congregation under the direction of W.C.S. Heathcote, who served until his death in 1950. During the
The church possesses eight modern silver
Worship and ministry
Ministers
Peter Sutton has been minister of St Cuthbert's since 1 June 2017. Sutton served with the
In 1251,
From the
Robert Pont's appointment established a collegiate office of two ministers in one charge.
William Harlaw and Robert Pont were members of the Church of Scotland's first General Assembly in 1560. Pont served as the General Assembly's moderator in 1570 and again, during his incumbency at St Cuthbert's, in 1575, 1581, 1583, 1596, and 1597. Later ministers who served as moderator of the General Assembly during their incumbency of St Cuthbert's are David Williamson in 1702; John Paul in 1847; James MacGregor in 1891; Norman Maclean in 1927; William White Anderson in 1951; and Robert Leonard Small in 1966.[81]
Ministers of the senior charge[81][82]
- 1560–1578 William Harlaw
- 1578–1602 Robert Pont
- 1603–1625 Richard Dickson
- 1626–1649 William Arthur
- 1649–1664 James Reid
- 1665–1680 William Gordon
- 1680–1689 Patrick Hepburn
- 1689–1706 David Williamson
- 1706–1726 Thomas Paterson
- 1726–1730 George Wishart
- 1732 Patrick Wedderspoon
- 1734–1735 James Dawson
- 1735–1751 Thomas Pitcairn
- 1752–1761 John Hyndman
- 1762–1775 Alexander Stuart
- 1775–1827 Henry Moncreiff-Wellwood
- 1828–1873 John Paul
- 1873–1910 James MacGregor
- 1910–1914 George Gordon Dundas Stewart Duncan
- 1914–1925 Robert Howie Fisher
- 1926–1930 George Fielden Macleod
- 1931–1956 William White Anderson
Ministers of the collegiate charge[81][83]
- 1574–1578 Robert Pont
- 1581–1586 Nicol Dalgleish
- 1586–1606 William Aird
- 1607–1626 William Arthur
- 1630–1649 James Reid
- 1653–1661 Peter Blair
- 1661–1665 David Williamson
- 1666–1675 William Keith
- 1677–1681 Charles Kay
- 1682–1686 Alexander Sutherland
- 1687–1689 David Guild
- 1691–1699 John Anderson
- 1699–1706 Thomas Paterson
- 1707–1747 Neil McVicar
- 1747–1752 George Kay
- 1753–1764 James Mackie Moderator in 1751[65]
- 1765–1785 John Gibson
- 1786–1802 William Paul
- 1803–1842 David Dickson
- 1843–1877 James Veitch
- 1878–1883 James Barclay
- 1884–1910 Andrew Wallace Williamson
- 1911–1914 William Lyall Wilson
- 1915–1937 Norman Maclean
- 1938–1955 Adam Wilson Burnett
Sole charge
- 1956–1975 Robert Leonard Small
- 1976–2007 Thomas Cuthbertson Cuthell[84][85]
- 2008–2016 David Denniston[86]
- 2017–present Peter Sutton[76]
Services and music
St Cuthbert's holds three services every Sunday: Communion at 9:30 a.m.; morning service at 11 a.m. followed by Communion on the second Sunday of the month and including Communion on the last Sunday of the month, a formal Communion service also takes place every quarter; and 6 p.m. with Communion on the first Sunday of the month. Communion is also celebrated at noon on the second Tuesday of the month.[87]
The 11 a.m. Sunday service is accompanied by the St Cuthbert's Choir, whose membership consists of volunteer members of the congregation and choral scholars. The Director of Music is Graham Maclagan.[88]
Mission
St Cuthbert's works with homelessness charity, Steps to Hope, to provide a free meal for up to 100 homeless people every Sunday in St Cuthbert's Hall with a night shelter for 12 afterwards.[89]
St Cuthbert's also operates OASIS: a ministry among Edinburgh's business community. OASIS works with Workplace Chaplaincy Scotland and the charity Business Matters. As part of this ministry, the church hosts "Soul Space": a series of reflections during the afternoon and evening of the first Wednesday of each month; "Space for Lunchtime Prayers" is also offered every Thursday at 1 p.m.[90]
Alongside
St Cuthbert's serves as a performance venue during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[92] The church is open to visitors from April to September between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturdays.[93]
The work and mission of the church has been supported by the Friends of St Cuthbert's since 2002.[94]
The churchyard
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The original burial ground was restricted to an area to the south-west, now a small mound in relation to the rest of the churchyard. It was latterly known as the "Bairns' Knowe" (children's hill) as it was often used for burial of children. Records show that it was open to the countryside until 1597, and sheep and horses would graze there, after which a wall was then built around the churchyard.[95]
In 1701, ground was added to the west and north-west, concurrent with a refurbishment of the church, which is recorded as having been somewhat derelict since the period of the English Civil War.[95]
In 1787, the north marsh (at the west end of what was then the
In 1827, the watchtower to the south-west was built to defend against
In 1831, the manse (to the south) was demolished, and a new manse and garden built further south.
In 1841, a railway tunnel to serve incoming trains to the new
In 1863, the entire churchyard was closed under order of the newly appointed
The churchyard is impressive, containing hundreds of monuments worthy of notice, including one to John Grant of
.One odd feature is at the west side of the churchyard, where Lothian Road was widened over the churchyard in 1930 by the City Architect, Ebenezer James MacRae. Because the road was higher than the churchyard, the widening was supported on pillars, with the graves remaining beneath the road surface. The eastern pavement of the road therefore traverses those graves.
Noteworthy burials
17th and 18th centuries
- Henrie Nisbet of Dean (died 1609), buried beneath the church (tomb built 1592 in anticipation)Provost of Edinburgh in 1592/93 plus his son, William Nisbet of Dean twice Provost of Edinburgh 1615-19 and 1622–23
- St Giles to build Parliament House)[96]
- The Rev Covenanter. He then served as a captain on the rebel side at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge (1679). He was restored as minister of St. Cuthbert's in 1689 and then rose to be moderator of the General Assemblyin 1702.
- Charles Darwin (1758–1778), uncle of the naturalist Charles Darwin, was a talented medical student but fell ill and was buried in the Duncan family vault at the Chapel of Ease on the South side of the city, now known as the Buccleuch Parish Church Burying Ground.[97]
- Sir James Rocheid of Inverleith (1715–1787) (within the church)
- Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville (1739–1792)
- Alexander Murray, Lord Henderland (1736–1795), and his son, John Murray, Lord Murray (1778–1858), a huge monument north of the church.
- James Erskine, Lord Alva (1722–1796)
- The 15th Earl of Glencairn (1749–1796)
- FRSE (1736–1800) politician and co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburghin 1783
- the Rev James MacKnight DD (1721–1800), religious author and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1769
- Professor James Robertson (1714-1795)
19th century
- Edinburgh University
- The Rev William Paul (1754–1802), Chaplain in Ordinary to George III(in church)
- Sir John Ogilvy of Inverquharity (1722–1802)
- Thomson Bonar (1739–1814), co-founder of Encyclopædia Britannica
- Richard Crichton (1771–1817), architect
- Adam Rolland of Gask (1734–1819), judge, and his grandson James Rolland
- Thomas Morison (1761–1820), builder of large sections of the Second New Town (north of Queen Street Gardens) and founder of Morison's Academy in Crieff
- George Winton (1759-1822) builder (the largest monument in the churchyard)
- Henry Dewar (1771–1823)
- Sir Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), artist
- Alexander Kennedy (physician) (1764–1827)
- David Steuart (1747-1828) Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1780 to 1782
- Rear Admiral James Haldane Tait (1771–1845)
- Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829), composer
- The Rev Andrew Mitchell Thomson DD (1779–1831)
- Thomas Allan (1777–1833), mineralogist
- FRSE(1783-1835) art and book collector
- George Watson (1767–1837), RSA artist, with his son William Smellie Watson (1796–1874), also an artist
- The Rev Prof George Paxton (1762–1837)
- Mrs Anne Grant (1755–1838), poet and author
- The Rev John Jamieson DD FRSE (1759–1838), antiquarian
- Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840), artist, architect, and inventor. His most notable painting is the much-copied portrait of Robert Burns. His son, James Nasmyth was also a prolific inventor, most famous for the steam hammer. His other son, Patrick Nasmyth continued the family line as an artist of note.
- FRSE(1793-1840) essayist
- John Abercrombie (physician) (1780–1844)
- The Rev David Dickson(1780–1842)
- Sir Richard Honyman (1787–1842)
- The Rev Robert Murray McCheyne (1813–1843)
- James Stevenson RSA, artist (1780–1844)
- George Meikle Kemp (1795–1844), master joiner, self-taught architect and designer of the Scott Monument.
- The Rev David Welsh (1793–1845)
- Admiral James Haldane Tait[98] (1771–1845)
- Andrew Combe (1797–1847), phrenologist
- John Stark FRSE(1811–1890)
- The Rev Cpt James Haldane (1768–1851)
- The Rev Prof John Lee (1779–1859)
- Susan Ferrier(1782–1854) author
- Patrick Robertson, Lord Robertson (1798–1855)
- William Home Lizars (1788–1859), engraver, and his brother John Lizars (1792–1860) and father Daniel Lizars Sr.
- Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859), author of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. An addict himself, he was an acknowledged influence on many later authors, but he himself has now slipped from fame. Of those crediting De Quincey with influencing them probably the most notable is Edgar Allan Poe.
- Henry Grey (1778–1859)
- Thomas Stewart Traill (1781–1862)
- William Tait (publisher) (1793–1864)
- James Pillans (1778–1864), educator
- James Frederick Ferrier (1808–1864), first epistemologist.
- George Aikman (1788–1865), engraver
- National Gallery of Scotland
- Very Rev Prof James Robertson (1806-1860) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
- John Marshall, Lord Curriehill (1794–1868), law lord
- Elizabeth C. Clephane(1830–1869), hymnwriter
- William Penney, Lord Kinloch (1801–1872), law lord
- James Craufurd, Lord Ardmillan (1804–1876), law lord
- FRSE(1808–1881), anatomist
- David Rhind (1808–1883), architect
- Duncan McLaren (1800–1886) MP and Lord Provost (with his son Walter McLaren MP (1853–1912))
- Priscilla Bright McLaren (1815-1906) suffragist & abolitionist
- Robert Reid Raeburn (1819-1888) architect
- William Fettes Pitcairn (1804–1891), theological author
- FRSE(1818–1891) in charge of Edinburgh's gas lighting
20th century
- Jane Clapperton (d.1914) suffragette and novelist
- FRSE(1858–1914), physicist and geologist
- Sir Donald Crawford (1837–1919)
- Walter Biggar Blaikie (1847–1928), engineer, historian and astronomer
- Mabel Dawson RSW (1887–1965), artist
- James Frederick Strachan, Lord Strachan (1894–1978)
- Sarah Mair (d.1941), suffragette
- Uncertain
- The heart of Canadian sculptor Robert Tait McKenzie
See also
Notes
- ^ George Lorimer gives primary sources from the 1580s and 1636 that refer to the church as "St Cuthbert's". Lorimer argues the change to the name "West Kirk" was motivated less by reformed principle and more by the expansion of Edinburgh, which saw St Cuthbert's develop from a rural to an urban church. The name "St Cuthbert's" appears on Communion tokens from as early as 1776.[7]
- ^ One legend claims Cuthbert himself founded the church after travelling from Melrose and pitching his tent within the sheltered hollow below the Castle Rock.[11]
- ^ Free St Cuthbert's worshipped in several locations before moving into a purpose-built church on Spittal Street, Tollcross. The congregation joined the United Free Church in 1900 and, in 1911, vacated their Spittal Street buildings and united with Dean U.F. Church in 1911 to become St Cuthbert's U.F. and Belford.[28]
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Dunlop 1988, p. 109.
- ^ a b c d Gray 1940, p. 23.
- ^ a b c d e Lorimer 1915, p. 5.
- ^ a b c d e "'Edinburgh St Cuthbert's Parish Church'". arts.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d Gray 1940, p. 24.
- ^ Lorimer 1915, pp. 1-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Our History". stcuthberts-edinburgh.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Gifford, McWilliam, Walker 198, p. 275.
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- ^ a b c Stephenson, Hunter, Thow 1994, p. 6.
- ^ a b RCAHMS 1951, p. 185.
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- ^ Lorimer, 1915, p. 3.
- ^ Lorimer 1915, p. 11.
- ^ a b c Gray 1940, p. 25.
- ^ Gray 1940, p. 126.
- ^ a b Gray 1940, pp. 26-27.
- ^ a b Gray 1940, p. 27.
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- ^ Lorimer 1915, p. 6.
- ^ Gray 1940, p. 30.
- ^ a b c d e Gifford, McWilliam, Walker 1984, p. 274.
- ^ Lorimer 1915, pp. 7-8.
- ^ a b c Hay 1957, p. 81.
- ^ Hay 1957, pp. 81, 190-191.
- ^ Stephenson, Hunter, Thow 1994, p. 23.
- ^ Stephenson, Hunter, Thow 1994, p. 22.
- ^ Gifford, McWilliam, Walker 1984, pp. 274-275.
- ^ a b Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; by Hew Scott
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- ^ Stephenson, Hunter, Thow 1994, p. 25.
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- ^ Dunlop 1988, p. 108.
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- ^ Scott 1915, p. 99.
- ^ Dunlop 1988, p. 112-113.
- ^ a b c Dunlop 1988, pp. 113-117.
- ^ Scott 1915, pp. 95-99.
- ^ Scott 1915, pp. 99-103.
- ^ Dunlop 1988, p. 117.
- ^ "Welcome". Archived from the original on 1 May 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Welcome to St Cuthbert's Church!". Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Worship Times". stcuthberts-edinburgh.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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External links
- The Parish Church of St Cuthbert – church website
- Historic Environment Scotland: LOTHIAN ROAD, ST CUTHBERT'S CHURCH (CHURCH OF SCOTLAND), CHURCHYARD AND MONUMENTS, BOUNDARY WALLS GATEPIERS AND RAILINGS: LB27339
- Canmore: Edinburgh, Lothian Road, St Cuthbert's Church
- Corpus of Scottish Medieval Parish Churches: Edinburgh St Cuthbert's Parish Church
- Scottish Stained Glass Trust: Edinburgh: St Cuthbert's Parish Church
- The National Pipe Organ Register: Midlothian Edinburgh, St. Cuthbert, 5 Lothian Road [D04644]
- Edinburgh City Centre Churches Together