St Mary’s Kirk

The longest parish church in Scotland and successor to the title of the Lamp of Lothian, St Mary’s Kirk is in a beautiful setting by the river Tyne.

Building of the church first began in 1375 but took more than 100 years. St Mary’s was largely ruined by Henry VIII’s forces during the 1548-49 Siege of Haddington but after a partial restoration in 1561, a full and magnificent restoration took place in the 1970s. The kirk is also home to the 16^th-century Lauderdale Aisle, the chapel of the Maitland family and a place of ecumenical worship.

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