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Trinity College Kirk

Trinity College Kirk
Trinity College Kirk

Trinity College Kirk is a church in City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

About Trinity College Kirk

Trinity College Kirk was a royal collegiate church in Edinburgh, Scotland. The kirk and its adjacent almshouse, Trinity Hospital, were founded in 1460 by Mary of Guelders in memory of her husband, King James II who had been killed at the siege of Roxburgh Castle that year. Queen Mary was interred in the church, until her coffin was moved to Holyrood Abbey in 1848.

The original church design was never completed. Only the apse, choir (with aisles) and transepts were completed.

The church was located in the valley between the Old Town and Calton Hill, but was systematically dismantled in 1848 due to the construction of Waverley Station on its site.

Trinity College Kirk by the numbers

Founded
1460
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