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Trinity College Church was founded in 1462 by Queen Mary of Guildres as a Collegiate Church. In 1578 it was proposed that Edinburgh's College or University should be situated within Trinity College buildings and the first graduation took place here in 1594. Trinity College Church was appropriated by the Town Council in 1584 as the serving church of the North-East quarter of the city. The church was severely damaged in 1650 when Cromwell's troops were billeted there after the Battle of Dunbar. After extensive repair in 1653 the land containing the church was acquired by the North British Railway Company, and following the last church service in 1848 the buildings were dismantled to make way for the construction of Waverley Station. The old church stones were numbered and stored on Calton hill until the building of the new church on Jeffery Street commenced in 1871. Many of the original stones had, in the intervening years, been stolen or damaged, however those still remaining and in condition were used to build an apse across the south end of the new building. The Jeffrey Street building was later demolished to make way for offices but the apse was preserved and remains in the care of the District Council. Trinity College Church united with Moray-Knox in 1930 and further with Lady Glenorchy's South in 1959 under the name of Holy Trinity. |