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Holyrood (/ ˈ h ɒ l i r uː d /; Scots: Halyruid, [1] Scottish Gaelic: Taigh an Ròid [2]) is an area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, lying east of the city centre, at the foot of the Royal Mile. The area takes its name from Holyrood Abbey, which was the Church of the Holy Rude (Scots for 'Holy Cross'). Holyrood includes the following ...
The Palace of Holyroodhouse (/ ˈ h ɒ l ɪ r uː d / or / ˈ h oʊ l ɪ r uː d /), [1] commonly known as Holyrood Palace, is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland.Located at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, at the opposite end to Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood has served as the principal royal residence in Scotland since the 16th century, and is a setting for state ...
Holyrood was founded in 1874 [5] and was established as a city in 1886. [6] The original site of Holyrood was a half-mile south of Holyrood's present site. [5] When settlers first moved into the area, dugout houses were the home of choice. [5] The first settlers of Holyrood were Irish, but they were soon followed by people of German and Czech ...
The High Constables of Holyroodhouse are a small corps of ceremonial bodyguards at the Sovereign's official residence in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh.Created in the early sixteenth century to protect the Monarch in residence at Holyrood, as well as to guard the Palace and Abbey, and enforce law and order within the precincts of the Palace and the Holyrood Abbey Sanctuary.
As with many other parts of the city, the area has varying definitions. Generally it may be taken to mean the part of town lying between Holyrood Park (and perhaps The Palace of Holyroodhouse itself) to the south; London Road and adjoining streets to the north; Calton Hill and the yards of Waverley Station to the west; and Meadowbank to the
As royal patronage of Holyrood Abbey continued to rise the area saw more high-status properties with gardens appear in the area. The post-medieval period (1580–1707) - with the construction of Holyrood Palace the area became very prestigious and many of the properties were brought up to form larger townhouses, one of which became Queensberry ...
The "Royal Mile" is a name coined in the early 20th century for the main street of the Old Town which runs on a downwards slope from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace and the ruined Holyrood Abbey. Narrow closes (alleyways), often no more than a few feet wide, lead steeply downhill to both north and south of the main spine which runs west to ...
Holyrood, Edinburgh, an area of Edinburgh, Scotland Holyrood, a metonym for the Scottish Parliament or the Scottish Parliament Building; Holyrood Abbey, a ruined Augustinian abbey in Edinburgh; Holyrood Palace, formally the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh; Holyrood Park, a royal park in central Edinburgh; Holyrood Academy, Chard, Somerset ...