Edinburgh900 – St Giles and the Larger Burgh Churches in Scotland: 900 Years of Development

St Giles is well known and also celebrates 900 years of existence. It is one of several large churches that developed in, or close to, the centres of Royal Burghs, and this talk describes their development as an illustration of the development of royal burghs. It will focus primarily on St Giles which has a few unique characteristics.

Professor Adam Cumming has a life-long interest in church architecture and history, particularly Scottish, and this led him to become a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland as well as a member of other related organisations.