Calton was in South Leith Parish and Calton people went to church in Leith. The churchyard there was inconveniently situated for burials from Calton and, in 1718, the Society bought a half acre of land at a cost of £1013 from Lord Balmerino for use as a burial ground. This became known as Old Calton Burial Ground. Permission was granted for an access road, originally known as "High Calton" and now the street called "Calton Hill", up the steep hill from the village to the burial ground. The group of 1760s houses near the top of this street are all that remain of the old village.