St Michael’s Church, Buckhaven

St Michael’s Church, Buckhaven

In 1901 a Church of Scotland ‘chapel at ease’ was established to serve the inhabitants of Buckhaven. Constructed in St Michael’s Street, it became a full parish church in 1929, and was known as Buckhaven Parish Church until 1972 when 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. At that date it was found to need extensive repairs and the decision was taken to demolish it. Private residences were then erected on the site and no signs of the church remain, although its baptismal font can be found in the grounds of Buckhaven and Wemyss Parish Church (St David’s).

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1. Frank Rankin, Auld Buckhyne. A Short History of Buckhaven (East Wemyss, 1986) 2. ‘St Michael’s Parish, Wemyss, Fife’, Places of Worship in Scotland, Accessed 8 November, 2021, http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/10481/name/St.+Michael%27s+Parish+Church+Wemyss+Fife

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St Michael’s Church, Buckhaven

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Building

1970

Church of Scotland

Wemyss