Union Canal church history

Catherine Brown, from Bruntsfield, asks: "Does anyone know the history of the church on the Union Canal, next to the new Leamington Wharf housing development, just off Viewforth?"

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Sheila Miller, from Broomhall, replies: "This was St Kentigerns Scottish Episcopal Church, the mission church to St John's in the west end. My parents must have been members as my eldest sister was baptised there."

The church was built in 1897 yet closed in 1941, operating as a nursery and then a garage. It now lies empty.

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