Holy Corner is a colloquial name for a small area of Edinburgh, Scotland, and (along with Church Hill) is actually part of the area more properly known as Burghmuirhead, itself part of the lands of Greenhill. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Church Hill is the name of a street and small surrounding area in Edinburgh, Scotland. Burghmuirhead (alternatively Boroughmuirhead) is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Greenhill is a small area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Holy Corner lies between the areas of Bruntsfield and Morningside. Bruntsfield is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, about twenty minutes walk south-west of the City centre Morningside is a famously genteel area in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is well-known to local people (and most Edinburgh taxi drivers) and has borne the name for a long while, but never appears on maps or in addresses, being really just a nickname.
The name derives from the crossroads, where Morningside Road, Colinton Road and Chamberlain Road meet; on each of the corners of the crossroad is a church (although two are slightly set back. Colinton is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 6 kilometres south west of the city centre ) Church Hill is the small area to the south and includes the Church Hill Theatre, formerly yet another church. Church Hill is the name of a street and small surrounding area in Edinburgh, Scotland. Beyond is Morningside, with the former parish church (now part of Napier University) only just beyond Church Hill. Napier University is a University in Edinburgh, Scotland. History Napier University was opened as Napier Technical College The north end of the crossroads leads into Bruntsfield Place. Merchiston is along Colinton Road to the west. Merchiston is a prosperous mainly residential area in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
The churches of Holy Corner are: Christ Church (Scottish Episcopal Church), Morningside United (Church of Scotland and United Reformed Church) and Morningside Baptist Church (Baptist Church). The Scottish Episcopal Church (Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba is a Christian denomination in Scotland and a member of the Anglican Communion, although it The Church of Scotland (Eaglais na h-Alba known informally by its Scots language name The Kirk, is the National church of Scotland. An unrelated American church of similar name is the United Reformed Churches in North America. Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. The latter is to move its Sunday services to the former Braid Church (Church of Scotland) building further south in Morningside from mid-May 2006, but intends to keep the Holy Corner building. The fourth of the churches has been turned into the Eric Liddell centre (ELC). Eric Henry Liddell ( January 16, 1902 – February 21, 1945) was a Scottish athlete and Rugby Union international The area's "holiness" has been enhanced in recent years by having a Christian "centre of healing", an Iyengar yoga centre, and also the Edinburgh base of the "Western Buddhist Order" group (until 2005) in the vicinity. " Yoga is not a Religion, yoga is the Science of religions" B The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO is an association of Buddhists, and others who follow its path of Mindfulness, under the leadership of the Western There is also a Bank of Scotland branch in the north west corner. The Bank of Scotland plc is a commercial and Clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Adding to the count of nearby churches, a short distance away atop Church Hill is the Church Hill Theatre which was built as a church, and not far beyond that is the former Morningside Parish Church (Church of Scotland) which is now a part of Napier University, the congregation having been merged with another church towards the south of Morningside in the late 1980s. Napier University is a University in Edinburgh, Scotland. History Napier University was opened as Napier Technical College
Other notable features in the immediate area include Napier University's Merchiston campus, which incorporates Merchiston Castle (or tower), former home of and birthplace of John Napier, the mathematician and alleged necromancer. Merchiston Castle or Merchiston Tower was probably built by Alexander Napier the second Laird of Merchiston around 1454 For other people with the same name see John Napier (disambiguation. A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of Mathematics. Necromancy ( Greek νεκρομαντία nekromantía) is a form of Divination in which the practitioner seeks to summon "operative spirits" Merchiston Tower is also the ancient seat of Clan Napier. History Origins of the Clan There is some debate about the origin of the name Napier.
The former site of a garden centre in the north west corner, next to a branch of the Bank of Scotland, was transformed into a compact "metropolitan" supermarket for Tesco, with adjacent coffee house and furniture shop, in 2006. Tesco plc is a British -based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain
See also
- Holy Corner (Ghent Béguinage) – a place in Belgium, the name of which may be connected to Edinburgh's Holy Corner
External links
- Holy Corner website (listing the churches)
Holy Corner photographs are available at the photography site of Dave Henniker:
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