I find the whole issue of parishes in Edinburgh very confusing, and I don't think I'm the only one. What I think may be at the root of the Roxburgh conundrum is the idea of a quod sacra parish. These were extra parishes designed to soak up the extra numbers. They existed for religious purposes only but they could become fully fledged parishes in time. I cant see any reason why the actual marriage might not take place in the quod sacra parish but it surprises me that the banns were read in both churches as the parish church was the one with the administrative functions. The reference that I gave for the Statistical accounts takes you to a page where the additional churches are referred to as quod sacra churches, not as quad sacra parishes., but perhaps people were a bit casual about how the terms were used. That section of the both also explains the thing about old and new Greyfriars although I still don't think it is particularly clear. Judy