Methil Free Church

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Title

Methil Free Church

Description

Following the Great Disruption in 1843, a quod sacra Free Church parish was set up in Methil, before a full mission was established in 1852. The mission initially met at the Salt Girnel, before in 1882 a full congregation was formed in Methil, and in 1890 a new church was constructed at the corner of Fisher Street and High Street at a cost of £700. In 1929 the congregation re-joined the Church of Scotland, changing its name to Methil East in the process. In 1942 there was a union between Methil East and the newly constructed Innerleven East Parish Church, and the congregation moved to the new church. The former Free Church was used as a workshop by a local taxi firm for some time, before it was demolished in 1978. No trace now remains.

Source

sacredlandscapesoffife

Date

1890

Contributor

tt27@st-andrews.ac.uk

Type

Site

Identifier

218

Date Submitted

09/11/2021

Date Modified

10/05/2023 09:13:59 am

References

1. William Ewing, Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900 (Edinburgh, 1914) 2. Mary Cameron, Methil History and Trail (East Wemyss, 1986)

Extent

cm x cm x cm

Spatial Coverage

current,56.18460246490177,-3.0103683467314113;

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

Methil Free Church

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Institutional nature

Building

End Date

1940

Denomination

Church of Scotland,Free Church

Parish

Wemyss

Citation

“Methil Free Church,” Virtual Museum, accessed April 19, 2025, https://sacredlandscapes.org/omeka/items/show/462.

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