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From around the year 1821 there was a floating chapel moored at Leith, a converted boat which provided a place of worship for seamen and in 1839, with assistance from the 'Sailors Friends Society', a church and school were erected opposite Leith Dock's. This church was given quoad sacra status in 1839 by the General Assembly and became known as Leith Mariners Church of Scotland, but at the Disruption of 1843 the minister and congregation adhered to the Free Church, retaining possession of the building. In 1867 the name of the congregation was changed from Leith Mariners Free Church to Leith St Ninian's Free Church. Following the union of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland, Leith St Ninian's Free Church became Leith St Ninian's United Free Church and upon the 1929 union between the United Free Church of Scotland and the Church of Scotland, Leith St Ninian's United Free became Leith St Ninian's Church of Scotland. In 1940 Leith St Ninian' s was joined with the Church of Scotland congregation of Leith Harper Memorial, under the name of Leith St Ninian's Coburg Street. After the local union the Harper Memorial Church continued in use as the place of worship. Further union followed in 1962 with Leith St Nicholas to form the session of Leith St Ninian's Ferry Road, and in 1982 Leith St Ninian's Ferry Road was joined with North Leith and Bonnington, under the name of North Leith Church of Scotland. The congregation of North Leith sits under the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of Edinburgh. |