St Giles' Church

Often referred to, even in their publicity material, as
St Giles Cathedral,

but its proper title is 'The High Kirk of Edinburgh'.
The Church of Scotland does not have Cathedrals

Please also see 'update' below.

Update

Cathedral?

Mike, USA, posted a message in the EdinPhoto guestbook on July 11, 2013, commenting that the St Giles' web site refers to St Giles' Cathedral.  The address of the web site is stgilescathedral.org.uk.

Agreed, Mike.  It does appear that St Giles' is officially now being referred to as St Giles' Cathedral.

I also have a copy of the official guide to St Giles' which is titled St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.

So perhaps, I might start referring to it on the EdinPhoto web site as St Giles Cathedral.

High Church?

The Wikipedia page for St Giles' is titled "St Giles' Cathedral" but the page begins:

"St Giles' Cathedral, more properly termed the High Church of Edinburgh, ..."

The next paragraph on the Wikipedia page adds:

"St Giles' has only been a cathedral in its formal sense (i.e. the seat of a bishop) for two periods ... 1635-38 and 1661-89".

Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh:  July 15, 2013

 

 

Engravings

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - St Giles Church ©

Modern Athens - 1829

St Giles Church

and the Royal Mile

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - St Giles Church and the Lawnmarket ©

Modern Athens - 1829

St Giles Church

and the Lawnmarket

Engraving in 'Old & New Edinburgh' - St Giles Cathedral ©

Old & New Edinburgh -1890

St Giles Cathedral

from the Lawnmarket

Engraving from Nelson's Pictorial Guide Books - High Street and St Giles Church ©

Nelson's Pictorial View Book -  c1870

High Street and St Giles Church

 

Stereo View

Stereo View of St Giles Cathedral in the Royal Mile - Underwood & Underwood ©

Description on the back of a Stereo View of St Giles Cathedral in the Royal Mile - Underwood & Underwood Description on the back of a Stereo View of St Giles Cathedral in the Royal Mile - Underwood & Underwood  ©

Underwood & Underwood

St Giles Cathedral and the Lawnmarket

St Giles Cathedral in the Royal Mile, Edinburgh - inside ©

Strohmeyer & Wyman

Inside St Giles Cathedral

 

Postcards

St Giles Cathedral - Post Card - Alex ander G Anderson ©

Alex G Anderson

Post Card - St Giles' Cathedral - George Washington Wilson ©

GW Wilson

Postcard by unidentified publisher, but with an interesting message on the back - St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh ©

Postcard by an unidentified publisher, but with an interesting message on the back - St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh ©

Publisher unidentified

Postcard by J B White of Dundee - St Giles Cathedral in the Royal Mile, Edinburgh ©

J B White

St Giles Cathedral - A postcard in the W R & S 'Reliable' series ©

W R & S

'National Series' post card - St Giles' Cathedral, High Street, Edinburgh ©

National Series

Postcard by an unidentified publisher - Interior of St Giles' Cathedral ©

Publisher not known
Interior

Postcard by Alex A Inglis - The interior of St Giles Cathedral, looking east ©

Alex. A. Inglis
Interior - looking east

Postcard by Alex A Inglis - The interior of St Giles Cathedral, looking west ©

Alex. A. Inglis
Interior - looking west

Postcard by W R & S - St Giles' Tower - Watercolour by IMC ©

St Giles Tower

Postcard by unidentified publisher - St Giles Cathedral and Mercat Cross ©

St Giles Cathedral
and Mercat Cross

   Postcard - Castle Series - St Giles Church ©

Looking to the NE
Unidentified Publisher

Raphael Tuck "Oilette" postcard - St Giles Church ©

Raphael Tuck & Sons
Oilette Series

Raphael Tuck "Oilette" postcard - St Giles Church + Christmas Greeting ©

Raphael Tuck & Sons
Oilette Series

Raphael Tuck "Oilette" postcard - St Giles Church interior ©

Raphael Tuck & Sons
Oilette Series

Valentine Postcard - St Gile's Church ©

1878 photo
Valentine

Valentine Postcard - St Gile's Church ©

1955
Valentine

 Photograph from View Album of Edinburgh & District, published by Patrick Thomson around 1900 - St Giles' Cathedral ©

c.1890s
View Album of
Edinburgh and District

Raphael Tuck Art" postcard - St Gile's Church ©

Raphael Tuck & Co
Oilette Series

Raphael Tuck "Sepia" postcard - St Giles Church ©

Raphael Tuck
"Sepia" series

  

 

Old Photos

Exterior

 St Giles Cathedral in the High Street, Edinburgh - Photo by Alex A Inglis ©

EDINBURGH ALBUM PHOTO

Alex A Inglis

St Giles Cathedral - photographed in 1885, possibly by JCH Balmain ©

1885 PHOTOGRAPH

JCH Balmain (?)

Photograph by Norward Inglis - Looking down the Royal Mile towards St Giles' Church ©

PHOTOGRAPH c.1950s

Norward Inglis

Interior

St Mary's Cathedral [interior] - Photo by ALex A Inglis ©

EDINBURGH ALBUM PHOTO

Alex A Inglis

Photograph by Norward Inglis - St Giles Church, High Street, Edinburgh - interior ©

1950s

Norward Inglis

Photograph by Norward Inglis - St Giles Church, High Street, Edinburgh - interior ©

1950s

Norward Inglis

Photograph by Norward Inglis - St Giles Church, High Street, Edinburgh - The Royal Pew ©

1950s  -  The Royal Pew

Norward Inglis

Photograph by Norward Inglis - St Giles Church, High Street, Edinburgh - The Royal Pew ©

1950s  -  The Royal Pew

Norward Inglis

View from Crown of St Giles

©

1930s

Looking up the Royal Mile towards Edinburgh Castle

 

Recent Photos

Exterior

2002

Photographs by Peter Stubbs - Edinburgh - August 2002 - St Giles Church in the High Street during Edinburgh Festival ©

Clan McMillan

August 2002

2009

Clan Parade from Holyrood Park to Edinburgh Castle Esplanade - July 25, 2009 ©

Clan McMillan

The Gathering - 2009

Clan Parade from Holyrood Park to Edinburgh Castle Esplanade - July 25, 2009 ©

Piper at George IV Bridge

The Gathering - 2009

2014  -  Colour

St Giles Church, High Street, Edinburgh - Wet Weather, January 2014 ©

Colour

Winter Evening - 1

St Giles Church, High Street, Edinburgh - Wet Weather, January 2014 ©

Colour

Winter Evening - 2

St Giles Church, High Street, Edinburgh - Wet Weather, January 2014 ©

Colour

Winter Evening - 3

St Giles Church, High Street, Edinburgh - Wet Weather, January 2014 © 

Colour

Winter Evening - 4

2014  -  Black + White

St Giles Church, High Street, Edinburgh - Wet Weather, January 2014 ©

Black + White

Winter Evening - 1

 St Giles Church, High Street, Edinburgh - Wet Weather, January 2014 ©

Black + White

Winter Evening - 2

St Giles Church, High Street, Edinburgh - Wet Weather, January 2014 ©

Black + White

Winter Evening - 3

St Giles Church, High Street, Edinburgh - Wet Weather, January 2014 © 

Black + White

Winter Evening - 4

 

Recent Photos

Interior

2014

NE corner of St Giles Church, Edinburgh - looking east ©

1.

NE corner of Church
Looking East

St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh - View from the Pulpit, looking to the south ©

2.

View from Pulpit
Looking South

View from the Pulpit at St Giles' Church, Edinburgh - looking south - zoom-out ©

3.

View from Pulpit
Looking South - zoom-out
View from the Pulpit at St Giles' Church, Edinburgh - looking east ©

4.

View from Pulpit
Looking East

 View from the Pulpit at St Giles' Church, Edinburgh - looking west up the Nave towards the main church entrance ©

5.

View from Pulpit
Looking West

St Giles Church, Edinburgh - Ceiliing of the Thistle Chapel ©

6.

Ceiling of Thistle Chapel

St Giles Church, Edinburgh - Ceiling in the NE corner of the Church ©

7.

Ceiling of the Nave

St Giles Church, Edinburgh - Prayer Book + Windows on the north wall of the church

8.

Prayer Book

St Giles' Church, Edinburgh - SE corner of the church, looking east ©

9.

Preston Aisle

St Giles Church, Edinburgh - Tablet im memory of the pioneering printer, Walter Chapman

10.

Tablet in Memory of Walter Chapman

St Giles Church, Edinburgh - The Royal Pew

11

The Royal Pew

St Giles Caathedral, Edinburgh - The Organ ©

12.

The Organ
Looking South

St Giles Caathedral, Edinburgh - Looking West ©

13.

The Chancel
Looking West

St Giles Caathedral, Edinburgh - Looking East ©

14.

The Chancel
Looking East

St Giles Caathedral, Edinburgh - Looking North ©

15.

Prayer Book

St Giles Caathedral, Edinburgh - Looking South ©

16.

Looking South

2013  -  Stained Glass Windows

©

3 North Wall

Nativity and Temple
and Flight into Egypt

©

4 North Wall

Baptism and Miracle at Cana
and Healing the Sick

 

©

5 North Wall

Blessing little Children
 and Temple and Miracles

©

6 North Wall?

Entry to Jerusalem

 

7  East Wall

Last Supper
 

©

8 East Wall?

Ascension and
Crucifixion

9  East Wall

Sepulchre and
  Resurrection

 

©

11 South Wall

St Columba, St Andrew
St Margaret, St Mund

©

13 South Wall

Earl of Moray Assassination
and John Knox Preaching


 

©

14 West Wall

David and Saul

 

©

16 West Wall

Unicorn and
Royal Arms of Scotland

St Giles Caathedral - Stained Glass Window - 1 ©

17 North Wall

Abel, Enoch, Noah,
Melchisedek, Abraham, Isaac

St Giles Caathedral - Stained Glass Window - 1 ©

18 North Wall

In Memory of
Robert Burns

 

St Giles Caathedral - Stained Glass Window - 1 ©

19 West Wall

Crossing the Jordan
 

©

21 North Wall

Revelation of
St John the Divine

St Giles Caathedral - Stained Glass Window - 1 ©

22 North Wall

Early Christian Church
in Scotland

 

 

Maps

Map of Edinburgh Old Town including High Street, Cowgate, South Bridge, St Giles Church and Tron Kirk and St Giles Church ©

High Street, Cowgate and South Bridge - including St Giles Church and Tron Kirk

Please click here to find St Giles Church on a map of the Royal Mile.

It is No. 99, near the top of  this map on the left hand side.

 

Please click here for description of ...   St Giles Cathedral

 

St Giles

 Castlehill Lawnmarket High Street Royal Mile
 

 

 

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