Site Represents a site. Prim Media 523 Denomination Catholic,Church of Scotland Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Building End Date 1960 Parish Newburgh 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 St Katherine’s Chapel / Parish Church Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived sacredlandscapesoffife Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bess Rhodes Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 248 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.35088142626372,-3.241046312652883; Description An account of the resource For several centuries St Katherine’s Church (which was formerly located on the north side of the High Street) served as Newburgh’s parish church. The church is first recorded in 1470 when it was described as ‘the chapel of St Katherine the Virgin’. At this point the chapel seems to have already been an established place of worship. In 1508 there is a reference to funds being put aside for the ‘new kirk’ which was to be built in the burgh of Newburgh in honour of St Duthac, St Katherine, and St Mary Magdalene. It is thought that this relates to a remodelling and expansion of the original chapel of St Katherine. Unlike many Scottish chapels St Katherine’s survived the Reformation as a place of worship. In the early seventeenth century St Katherine’s became a parish church when Newburgh split from the parish of Abdie. Some restoration work was undertaken on St Katherine’s in the late eighteenth century. In the 1790s the building was described by the parish minister Thomas Stuart as ‘an old Popish chapel... which, in consequence of a late thorough repair, has been made a very convenient place of worship’. Later generations did not agree with this assessment. In 1832 the medieval church was demolished and replaced with a new building designed by the notable Edinburgh architect William Burn. Slightly ironically Burn’s design was in the Gothic revival style. The nineteenth-century St Katherine’s Church was an impressive building, which for many decades dominated the High Street. However, in the 1960s St Katherine’s was demolished and the congregation moved to the current Newburgh Parish Church (which stands more towards the eastern edge of Newburgh). The site is now occupied by a garden and flats known as St Katherine’s Court. 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). 24/11/2022 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. John Dowden, ed., Chartulary of the Abbey of Lindores (1903). Thomas Stuart, ‘Parish of Newburgh’, in the Old Statistical Account (1793), vol. 8, pp. 170-191. Historic Environment Scotland, Canmore entry for ‘Newburgh, High Street, St Catherine’s Parish Church’: http://canmore.org.uk/site/30076 [Accessed 18 November 2021]. Places of Worship in Scotland, ‘St Katherine’s Chapel’: http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/4601/name/St.+Katherine%27s+Chapel+Newburgh+Fife [Accessed 18 November 2021]. 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 1470 Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 09/26/2023 01:30:19 pm Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. St Katherine’s Chapel / Parish Church Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT