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The Canongate, the Glossary

The Canongate is a street and associated district in central Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland.^[1]

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Scottish parliamentary locations and buildings

Act Anent the demission of the Crown in favour of our Sovereign Lord, and his Majesty's Coronation 1567

The Act Anent the demission of the Crown in favour of our Sovereign Lord, and his Majesty's Coronation was an Act of the Parliament of Scotland passed on 12 December 1567.

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Acts of Union 1707

The Acts of Union refer to two Acts of Parliament, one by the Parliament of England in 1706, the other by the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.

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Adam Smith

Adam Smith (baptised 1723 – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the thinking of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment.

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Aeneid

The Aeneid (Aenē̆is or) is a Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.

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Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton

Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton (1692 – 13 December 1766) was a notable Scottish judge and Lord Justice Clerk.

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Anne Halkett

Anne Halkett (née Murray) (c. 1623 – 1699), also known as Lady Halkett, was an English religious writer and autobiographer.

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Augustinians

Augustinians are members of several religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo.

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Bailie

A bailie or baillie is a civic officer in the local government of Scotland.

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Sir Basil Urwin Spence, (13 August 1907 – 19 November 1976) was a Scottish architect, most notably associated with Coventry Cathedral in England and the Beehive in New Zealand, but also responsible for numerous other buildings in the Modernist/Brutalist style.

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Broughton, Edinburgh

Broughton is an ancient feudal barony, today an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The Canongate and Broughton, Edinburgh are areas of Edinburgh.

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Bruce Chatwin

Charles Bruce Chatwin (13 May 194018 January 1989) was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist.

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Burgh

A burgh is an autonomous municipal corporation in Scotland, usually a city, town, or toun in Scots. The Canongate and burgh are burghs.

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Burgh of regality

A burgh of regality is a type of Scottish town. The Canongate and burgh of regality are burghs.

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Burning of Edinburgh

The Burning of Edinburgh in 1544 by an English army was the first major action of the war of the Rough Wooing.

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Caltongate

Caltongate (now known as New Waverley Square) is the largest city centre redevelopment project in Edinburgh since the 18th century.

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Canon (title)

Canon (translit) is a Christian title usually used to refer to a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule.

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Canongate Kirk

The Kirk of the Canongate, or Canongate Kirk, serves the Parish of Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town, in Scotland. The Canongate and Canongate Kirk are royal Mile.

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Canongate Kirkyard

The Canongate Kirkyard (Churchyard) stands around Canongate Kirk on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Canongate and Canongate Kirkyard are royal Mile.

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Canongate Tolbooth

Canongate Tolbooth is a historic landmark of the Old Town area of Edinburgh, built in 1591 as a tolbooth, that is, the centre of administration and justice of the then separate burgh of the Canongate which was outside the Edinburgh town walls. The Canongate and Canongate Tolbooth are royal Mile.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic.

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Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry

Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 2nd Duke of Dover, (24 November 169822 October 1778) was a Scottish nobleman, extensive landowner, Privy Counsellor and Vice Admiral of Scotland.

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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V (Ghent, 24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555.

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Christopher Morris (Master of the Ordnance)

Sir Christopher Morris (c. 1490 – 3 September 1544), also known as Morice or Mores, was an English soldier and military administrator during the reign of Henry VIII.

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Chronicles of the Canongate

Chronicles of the Canongate is a collection of stories by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1827 and 1828 in the Waverley novels series. The Canongate and Chronicles of the Canongate are royal Mile.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments).

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David Hume

David Hume (born David Home; – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist who was best known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical skepticism and metaphysical naturalism.

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David I of Scotland

David I or Dauíd mac Maíl Choluim (Modern Gaelic: Daibhidh I mac Chaluim; – 24 May 1153) was a 12th century ruler and saint who was Prince of the Cumbrians from 1113 to 1124 and later King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153.

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Domestic furnishing in early modern Scotland

Furniture and furnishings in early modern and late medieval Scotland were made locally or imported, mostly from Flanders and France.

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Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers (Ordo Prædicatorum; abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian-French priest named Dominic de Guzmán.

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Easter Road (street)

Easter Road is an arterial road in north Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.

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Ebenezer James MacRae

Ebenezer James MacRae (18 January 1881 – 15 January 1951) was a Scottish architect serving as City Architect for Edinburgh for most of his active life.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Canongate and Edinburgh Castle are royal Mile and Scottish parliamentary locations and buildings.

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Edinburgh town walls

There have been several town walls around Edinburgh, Scotland, since the 12th century.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Entry of James VI into Edinburgh

The Entry of James VI into Edinburgh was a ceremony marking the coming of age of James VI of Scotland as an adult ruler on Friday 19 October 1579.

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Gilbert Cleuch

Gilbert Cleuch (died 1569) was a Scottish stone mason based in Edinburgh.

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Golfers Land

The Golfers Land is a site on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland dating to around 1681. The Canongate and Golfers Land are areas of Edinburgh and royal Mile.

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Hart (deer)

A hart is a male red deer, synonymous with stag and used in contrast to the female hind; its use may now be considered mostly poetic or archaic.

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Holinshed's Chronicles

Holinshed's Chronicles, also known as Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, is a collaborative work published in several volumes and two editions, the first edition in 1577, and the second in 1587.

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Holyrood Abbey

Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Canongate and Holyrood Abbey are royal Mile and Scottish parliamentary locations and buildings.

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Holyrood Palace

The Palace of Holyroodhouse, commonly referred to as Holyrood Palace or Holyroodhouse, is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland. The Canongate and Holyrood Palace are royal Mile and Scottish parliamentary locations and buildings.

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Holyrood, Edinburgh

Holyrood (Halyruid, Taigh an Ròid) is an area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, lying east of the city centre, at the foot of the Royal Mile. The Canongate and Holyrood, Edinburgh are areas of Edinburgh and royal Mile.

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James Balfour Paul

Sir James Balfour Paul (16 November 1846 – 15 September 1931) was the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the officer responsible for heraldry in Scotland, from 1890 until the end of 1926.

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James Burnett, Lord Monboddo

James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (baptised 25 October 1714 – 26 May 1799) was a Scottish judge, scholar of linguistic evolution, philosopher and deist.

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James Gray (goldsmith)

James Gray was a Scottish goldsmith working in Edinburgh during the reigns of Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI of Scotland.

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James IV of Scotland

James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.

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James V

James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death in 1542.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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Japanning

Japanning is a type of finish that originated as a European imitation of East Asian lacquerwork.

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Jean Kincaid

Jean Kincaid (1579–5 July 1600) was a Scottish woman who was convicted of murdering her husband.

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Jerome Bowie

Jerome Bowie (died 1597) was a servant of James VI of Scotland as a sommelier and Master of the Wine Cellar, in charge of the purchase and serving of wine.

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John Acheson (goldsmith)

John Acheson (floruit 1560–1581) was a Scottish goldsmith, mining entrepreneur, and official of the mint.

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John Craig (reformer)

John Craig (– 12 December 1600) was a Reformer, and colleague of John Knox.

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John Gay

John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club.

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John Kinloch (post master)

John Kinloch or Killoch was keeper of the royal tennis courts, a post master and stable owner in 16th-century Edinburgh and the proprietor of house used for lodgings and banquets.

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John Knox

John Knox (– 24 November 1572) was a Scottish minister, Reformed theologian, and writer who was a leader of the country's Reformation.

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John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton

John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton (c. 1609–1687) was a Scottish judge remembered for his prosecution of the Covenanters.

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John Notman

John Notman (July 22, 1810 March 3, 1865) was a Scottish-born American architect and landscape architect based in Philadelphia.

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Leith

Leith (Lìte) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith. The Canongate and Leith are areas of Edinburgh.

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Maiden (guillotine)

The Maiden (also known as the Scottish Maiden) is an early form of guillotine, or gibbet, that was used between the 16th and 18th centuries as a means of execution in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Maltese cross

The Maltese cross is a cross symbol, consisting of four "V" or arrowhead shaped concave quadrilaterals converging at a central vertex at right angles, two tips pointing outward symmetrically.

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Marguerite Wood

Marguerite Wood (30 August 1887 – 19 August 1954) was a Scottish historian and archivist who specialised in Scottish history.

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Marian civil war

The Marian civil war in Scotland (1568–1573) was a period of conflict which followed the abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her escape from Lochleven Castle in May 1568.

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Mary Sutton, Countess of Home

Mary (Dudley) Sutton, Countess of Home (1586–1644), was a landowner, living in England and Scotland.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.

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Masonic lodge

A Masonic lodge, also called a private lodge or constituent lodge, is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry.

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Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox

Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (21 September 1516 – 4 September 1571) was a leader of the Catholic nobility in Scotland.

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Mercat cross

A mercat cross is the Scots name for the market cross found frequently in Scottish cities, towns and villages where historically the right to hold a regular market or fair was granted by the monarch, a bishop or a baron.

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Mercat Cross, Edinburgh

The Mercat Cross of Edinburgh is a market cross, which stands in Parliament Square next to St Giles' Cathedral, facing the High Street in the Old Town of Edinburgh. The Canongate and Mercat Cross, Edinburgh are royal Mile.

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Moors

The term Moor is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim populations of the Maghreb, al-Andalus (Iberian Peninsula), Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages.

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Museum of Edinburgh

The Museum of Edinburgh, formerly known as Huntly House and the historic Bank of Scotland Head Office, located at 142-146 Canongate, is a museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, housing a collection relating to the town's origins, history and legends. The Canongate and museum of Edinburgh are royal Mile.

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Nicolas d'Angennes

Nicolas d'Angennes, sieur de Rambouillet (–) was a French noble, governor, diplomat and soldier during the French Wars of Religion.

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North Bridge, Edinburgh

North Bridge is a road bridge and street in Edinburgh linking the High Street with Princes Street, and the Old Town with the New Town.

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Old Town, Edinburgh

The Old Town (Auld Toun) is the name popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh. The Canongate and old Town, Edinburgh are areas of Edinburgh.

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Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles.

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Palisade

A palisade, sometimes called a stakewall or a paling, is typically a row of closely placed, high vertical standing tree trunks or wooden or iron stakes used as a fence for enclosure or as a defensive wall.

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Parliament of Scotland

The Parliament of Scotland (Pairlament o Scotland; Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland from the 13th century until 1707.

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Patrick MacFarlan

Patrick MacFarlan (4 April 1781 – 13 November 1849) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1834 and as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1845.

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Penicuik House

Penicuik House (alternative spellings in use until mid 19th century: Penycuik, Pennycuik) survives as the shell of a formerly grand estate house in Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Politics of Scotland

The politics of Scotland (Poilitigs na h-Alba) operate within the constitution of the United Kingdom, of which Scotland is a country.

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Queensberry House

Queensberry House is a building of 17th-century origin which is now a Category A listed building. The Canongate and Queensberry House are royal Mile.

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Real tennis

Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis (also called "lawn tennis") is derived.

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Regality

A regality was a territorial jurisdiction in old Scots law which might be created by the King or Queen only, by granting lands to a subject in liberam regalitatem, and the tract of land over which such a right extended.

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Reid & Sons

Reid & Sons is a firm of silversmiths founded in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1788 by Christian Ker Reid and which continues to trade today as part of the 'Goldsmiths Group'.

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Richard Bannatyne

Richard Bannatyne (died 1605) was a Scottish clergyman and scribe who served as secretary to John Knox.

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Robert Burns

Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist.

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Robert Chambers (publisher, born 1802)

Robert Chambers (10 July 1802 – 17 March 1871) was a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor who, like his elder brother and business partner William Chambers, was highly influential in mid-19th-century scientific and political circles.

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Robert Hurd

Robert Philip Andrew Hurd (29 July 1905 – 17 September 1963) was an influential conservation architect.

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Robert Wilson (architect)

Robert Wilson (9 September 1834 – 1 July 1901) was architect for the Edinburgh Board of Education and responsible for a high percentage of the city's schools.

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Rough Wooing

The Rough Wooing (December 1543 – March 1551), also known as the Eight Years' War, was part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars of the 16th century.

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Royal court

A royal court, often called simply a court when the royal context is clear, is an extended royal household in a monarchy, including all those who regularly attend on a monarch, or another central figure.

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Royal Mile

The Royal Mile (Scots: Ryal Mile) is a succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scots language

ScotsThe endonym for Scots is Scots.

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Scottish Enlightenment

The Scottish Enlightenment (Scots Enlichtenment, Soillseachadh na h-Alba) was the period in 18th- and early-19th-century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments.

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Scottish Parliament Building

The Scottish Parliament Building (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots Pairlament Biggin) is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh. The Canongate and Scottish Parliament Building are royal Mile and Scottish parliamentary locations and buildings.

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Scottish Reformation

The Scottish Reformation was the process whereby Scotland broke away from the Catholic Church, and established the Protestant Church of Scotland.

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Sett (paving)

A sett, also known as a block or Belgian block, is a broadly rectangular quarried stone used in paving roads and walkways.

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Slum clearance in the United Kingdom

Slum clearance in the United Kingdom has been used as an urban renewal strategy to transform low-income settlements with poor reputation into another type of development or housing.

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St Giles' Cathedral

St Giles' Cathedral (Cathair-eaglais Naomh Giles), or the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Old Town of Edinburgh. The Canongate and St Giles' Cathedral are royal Mile and Scottish parliamentary locations and buildings.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canongate

Also known as Cannongate, Canongate, Canongate, Edinburgh, Royal Mile Primary School.

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Scottish parliamentary locations and buildings

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