Edinburgh parishes question

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:00 pm

Hi everyone,

I was just looking at an OPR from SP from 1794. The groom is shown as from "Old Church Parish". Any ideas as to which church this was?

The bride is from the New Grayfriars parish.

Carol

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:19 pm

Hi Carole
I wonder if Old Church is St Giles? If not, perhaps Canongate?

Best wishes
Lesley

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:58 pm

Hi Lesley,

I just uploaded the OPR. Maybe there will be some clues in the other entries.
http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... ?pos=-1803
I was looking at William Clerehugh and Margaret Meldrum from Dec. 25, 1794.

Thanks,

Carol

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:35 pm

Hi Carol
Well, it's not Greyfriars!!
On this map
http://www.hoodfamily.info/misc/miscedinmaplarge.html
next to Canongate there is Old Church. This may be what you are looking for....Where is Andrew when you need him??

Best wishes
Lesley

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:45 pm

Carol
Just found this - expect you have seen it before. Posted just incase not...
http://www.susandoreydesigns.com/geneal ... index.html

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:15 pm

Hi again Lesley,

Alan had posted that link in my Roll of Burgesses thread so I just went back to the docuement and read it again.

It says that at the time of his second marriage in 1810, William lived in Old Church Parish, Edinburgh.

Under Margaret Meldrum it says the marriage to William in 1794 was recorded in the old parochial registers of Edinburgh parish. This was their marriage in Old Church Parish which I posted the OPR for.

Carol

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:21 pm

Back again,

I'm not getting the image when I click on the URL posted above.

Carol

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:37 pm

Hi Carol
Not sure which URL you mean but all appear to be working Ok - if you still have problems with either, get backkto me and I'll ty to see if there is a way round it .

Best wishes
Lesley

Muriel · Post by **Muriel** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:47 pm

I have friends who live in Old Church Lane, which is in Duddingston Village - if you are looking on a map it's to the east side of Arthur's Seat. Perhaps Duddingston could have been called Old Church - although I live in Edinburgh I'm really from the west so don't have any detailed knowledge of Edinburgh history.

Muriel

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:47 pm

Must have been a hiccup in my computer. It was the OPR url, but it's working fine now.

Carol