Site Represents a site. Prim Media 198 Denomination Free Church Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Building End Date 1980 Parish Anstruther Easter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chalmer’s Memorial Free Church, Backdykes, Anstruther Easter Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived sacredlandscapesoffife Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource tt27@st-andrews.ac.uk Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 96 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.22231738537953,-2.6965355870925127; Description An account of the resource Following the Great Disruption in 1843, the minister of Anstruther Easter, William Ferrie, joined the Free Church, taking around 300 of his congregation with him. They built a small church in 1844 on a site in Hadfoot Wynd. In 1858 a larger, Gothic-style building was constructed on the same site, designed by the architect John Milne of St Andrews. In 1889 they moved again, this time to the Chalmers Memorial Church. Named after Thomas Chalmers, a key figure in the formation of the Free Church who was born in Anstruther, the new church was designed by the architect David Henry. The Free Church congregation joined with the United Presbyterians in Anstruther in 1900 and subsequently formed the Anstruther Chalmers Memorial United Free Church. After re-joining the Church of Scotland in 1929, it was known as Anstruther Chalmers Memorial, until a link was established with St Adrian’s Parish Church in 1973. Ten years later the church fell out of use, and into a derelict state. It was completely destroyed in a fire in 1991. There is no visible trace of the building, and houses have been built on the site. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 15/06/2021 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. (1) William Ewing, Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900 (Edinburgh, 1914), ii, p.151. Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1880 Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 09/26/2023 04:24:55 pm Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Chalmer’s Memorial Free Church, Backdykes, Anstruther Easter Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT