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Canongate derived its name from an edict by David I (1124–1157), founder of the Abbey of Holyrood, who granted a right to raise a gate between the abbey and the Royal “burgh” of Edinburgh.
James IV (1488–1513) confirmed Edinburgh’s status as the capital of Scotland by constructing a royal palace at Holyrood.
The town of Edinburgh eventually spread out below the castle, with a main street leading out the entrance and down to Holyrood Palace.
When the castle was built atop the hill, the original city of Edinburgh grew on this ridge, reaching down in a ribbon of development toward the Abbey of Holyrood, at the foot of the hill in the east.
During the 18th century Holyrood was neglected by succeeding British monarchs, who preferred to stay in their London residence, though Scottish noble families lived within the compound.