St Andrew’s Church, Buckhaven

St Andrew’s Church, Buckhaven

After the Great Disruption of 1843, adherents of the Free Church in Buckhaven initially attended the church in East Wemyss, before the decision was taken to form a separate congregation in the town in 1866. About 140 members of the church at East Wemyss joined the new congregation, and in 1870 they purchased an Episcopal Chapel first built in North Street, St Andrews (1824-25) for £130. It was dismantled and carried brick by brick to Buckhaven on Thomas Walker's boat 'The Sea King' and opened in 1870. It had a congregation of 240 in 1900, when it became a United Free Church, and continued as such until the congregation united with St David’s and St Michael’s in 1972. The building was closed until 1987 when it was converted into a theatre.

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1. William Ewing, Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900 (Edinburgh, 1914) 2. Frank Rankin, Auld Buckhyne. A Short History of Buckhaven (East Wemyss, 1986)

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St Andrew’s Church, Buckhaven

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Building

1970

Free Church

Wemyss