What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Leith, Constitution Street, St. James's Episcopal Chapel as Chapel (post Medieval) - (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St. James's Episcopal Chapel in Leith is dedicated to St. James the Less, one of the apostles traditionally associated with the spread of Christianity in Britain. While no specific local cures or holy wells are directly linked to the chapel in available records, St. James has long been venerated in Scottish religious tradition, often connected with pilgrimages and healing practices in earlier periods.
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