FIFE CHURCHES |
Elie, Pittenween, Crail, St Monan's,
© Susan Eldridge July 2003 |
Location: at the junction of High Street and Park Place in the centre of the town
OS map 59: NO490001
Denomination: Church of Scotland
Date: Built by William Scot of Ardross in 1639, the tower was added in 1726. The clock on the tower only has three faces as there were no buildings on the north side when it was installed in 1900.
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© Susan Eldridge July 2003 |
Location: At the junction of Cove Wynd and High Street OS map 59: NO549025 Denomination: Church of Scotland Date: Built 1588/9, the bell was cast in Sweden in 1633
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One of the old table gravestones, the inscription is rather worn.
"Here lyeth the corpse of a famous man David Binning skipper and late bailie of this burgh and husband to Agnes Adamson ......departed the first of Sept 1675 his age 36" |
© Susan Eldridge July 2003 |
Location: In the Main Street OS map 59: NO614080 Denomination: Church of Scotland Date: Built 1243 and altered in 1517
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The Mort House the inscription above the door reads:-
Erected for security of the dead ANN:DOM: MDCCCXXVI
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![]() War graves in the churchyard |
Behind the church in the graveyard there are 27 war graves of sailors from HMS Jackdaw |
© Susan Eldridge September 2004 |
Location: On the Coastal Path at the west end of the town OS map 59: NO522014 Denomination: Church of Scotland Date: Dating from 1370, restored in 1828 and 1961
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© Susan Eldridge September 2004 |
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Location: OS map 59 NO516167 Denomination: Church of Scotland Built: St Rules Church, on the right was built about 1140 and has a tower which is 100 feet high. The cathedral was started about 1160 as St Rules Church had become too small, it took 150 years to complete and was consecrated in 1318. Closed: c1559 as a result of the Reformation
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ST MARY & ST LEONARDS
© Susan Eldridge August 2005 |
Location: Near the harbour OS map 66 NT272870 Denomination: Church of Scotland
This description is found on one of the many Information boards around the town:
"The appearance of many buildings in Kinghorn was altered by the town's development in Victorian times. The Parish church, originally built in 1774 but retaining the "Sailors Aisle" (1609), was reconstructed in 1894, when the existing bell tower was added."
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The harbour and Kinghorn Church |