the church opening for worship in 1810. It originally had the status of Chapel of Ease for Duddingston Parish Church to the west. In May 1834 the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland gave it the status of a quoad sacra church. It received full independent parish status in 1861. The church hall, built in 1964, stands on the former graveyard, but several stones survive, for instance in the narrow gap behind the back of the hall and the boundary. In 2017 the church was sold by the Church of Scotland to the local community and reopened in 2018 as Bellfield community centre. See also For Portobello Cemetery, see Eastfield, Edinburgh. Portobello RFC Portobello Toddler Hut References External links Portobello Community Website Areas of Edinburgh Burghs Seaside resorts in Scotland