The Canongate was once a separate parish from Edinburgh. The
new Canongate Kirk was founded in 1688 and completed in 1691. Being the closest
church to Holyrood Palace, the church now serves as the ‘Royal Kirk’. Because of the boundaries at one point, Edinburgh
Castle was included as part of the Canongate. As a result, there is an area within
the kirkyard where soldiers from soldiers who served at the Castle are buried.
As well, Clarinda is buried within as is poet Robert Ferguson. In fact there is a statue to Ferguson outside of the kirk yard.
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