Holyrood Explained

Holyrood may refer to:

Religion

• Holyrood (cross), a Christian relic alleged to be part of the True Cross on which Jesus died
• Feast of the Cross, or Holy Rood day, in the Christian liturgical calendar

Places

United Kingdom

• 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, England
• Holyrood estate, Southampton, England
• Holyrood Secondary School, a school in Glasgow, Scotland

Canada

• Holyrood, Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Holyrood Thermal Generating Station, Conception Bay, Newfoundland
• Holyrood, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Holyrood Elementary School
  • Holyrood stop, a tram stop
• Holyrood, Huron-Kinloss, Ontario

United States

• Holyrood, Kansas
• Holy Rood Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
• Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, New York

Other uses

• "Holyrood", the march of the RAF Regiment
• Holyrood (magazine), a Scottish current affairs and politics magazine

See also

• • • Holy Rood Church (disambiguation)
• Hollywood (disambiguation)
• Rood (Scots), a land measurement of Anglo-Saxon origin