image copyright Rachel Windsor

The church now known as the Tron, which houses the Old Town Information Centre, was built by John Mylne, son of the King’s Master Mason Robert Mylne. The name derives from the Salt Tron, or weigh beam, which stood just to the east of the church.  The original wooden spire burned in the great fire of 1824 and was replaced in 1828 by the current stone spire.   Inside the church can be seen the remains of Marlyn’s Wynd, which once ran down the hill to the Cowgate, named for Walter Marlyn, a French mason who was the first to pave the High Street.