St David’s Church, Buckhaven

St David’s Church, Buckhaven

By 1869, the congregation of the United Presbyterian Church on Buckhaven Links took the decision to construct a new, larger, place of worship on Church Street. The new building, called St David’s, was capable of seating 860 people and built at a cost of £2,600, was opened on 12 April. It had a congregation of 558 when the United Presbyterian Church entered a union with the Free Church of Scotland in 1900 to become the United Free Church. The congregation decided to join the Church of Scotland in 1929. In 1972, there was a union between Buckhaven’s three Church of Scotland charges (St Michael’s, St Andrew’s and St David’s) to form Buckhaven Parish Church. In 2008 that congregation united with Wemyss to form Buckhaven and Wemyss Parish Church. Services are held in West Wemyss (St Adrian’s) and Buckhaven (St David’s).

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1. Frank Rankin, Auld Buckhyne. A Short History of Buckhaven (East Wemyss, 1986) 2. Robert Small, The History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church 1733-1900 (Edinburgh, 1904)

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St David’s Church, Buckhaven

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Building

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Church of Scotland,Free Church,United Presbyterian

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Wemyss