Greyfriars Bobby and Kirkyard

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Greyfriars Kirkyard Trust
Official website of the trust with short history, overview of the monuments and kirkyard itself and a guided tour.

Greyfriars Kirk
Official website of the Greyfriars Presbyterian Church.

Greyfriars Churchyard Feature Page
From Undiscovered Scotland.

Greyfriars Bobby
The true story of Greyfriars Bobby.

Greyfriars Cemetery And the Mackenzie Poltergeist
An investigation into the alleged presence of a poltergeist in Greyfriars.

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Description of Greyfriars Kirkyard Greyfriars Kirkyard and Bobby are part of one of Edinburgh's most peaceful spots where people come to unwind.

Stories of body snatching in Greyfriars Local stories of times when fresh bodies were stolen from Greyfriars to be sold to University students.

History of Greyfriars Kirk Brief incursion in Greyfriars' past.

Photos of Greyfriars Bobby and Kirkyard Picture gallery of Greyfriars with its old grave stones and famous Bobby statue and grave.

Tourist Information Centre Greyfriars Kirkyard tourist information including opening times.

Greyfriars Kirkyard and Bobby on the web Links to other web pages related to Greyfriars Bobby and Kirkyard.

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Ghost walks in the Old Town Tourist information on day and evening ghost tours in Edinburgh's Old Town

Edinburgh Dungeon Information on the popular family attraction offering a chilling and graphic account of the most gruesome episodes in the history of Edinburgh

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Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

Dusk photograph from Calton Hill of Princes Street with the Balmoral Hotel in the foreground and St Mary's Cathedral in the background, Edinburgh. Photo #G3988

Edinburgh cityscape with the Castle, North Bridge and Waverley rail tracks seen from Old Calton Cemetery. Photo #G8288

Calton Hill panorama taken sometime before Christmas. Notice the spires which give Edinburgh its City of Spires title: Tolbooth Church (now Festival Hub), Dugald Stewart Monument, Balmoral Hotel, Scott Monument, St Mary's Cathedral, Melville Monument in and the St Andrew Church. Photo #G5202

Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.

Some more obscure (and quite funny) ways of writing Edinburgh include: edinburough, edingburg, edinbourg, edinburh, edinurgh, edenburg, edinbough, edinbourough, edinbrgh, edingborough, edenburgh, edinberg, edinborgh, edinborugh, edinburge, edinburhg, edingbourgh, etc.

Edinburgh is spelt Edimburgo in Spanish and Italian and Édimbourg in French.

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