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It has been suggested that there was a Culdee chapel at Balchrystie. The Old Statistical Account (compiled in the 1790s), claims that there were…
Newburn Parish ChurchThe converted parish church at Newburn.
Newburn Parish Church was built around 1815, replacing a nearby medieval church. It was designed by the Largo architect Alexander Leslie. The New…
Newburn Parish Church was built around 1815, replacing a nearby medieval church. It was designed by the Largo architect Alexander Leslie. The New…
Newburn Old Parish ChurchThe ruins of Newburn Old Parish Church.
There appears to have been a church at Newburn as early as the twelfth century, and perhaps some time before that. For much of the Middle Ages the…
Tayport Auld KirkTayport Auld Kirk
Ferryport-on-Craig is the old name for Tayport – the name changed in the nineteenth century under influence from the railways. During the Middle Ages…
Our Lady Star of the Sea TayportOur Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church
United Secession Church mapSite of the United Presbyterian Church on the 1855 Ordnance Survey map of Fife.
There was formerly a United Presbyterian Church on Castle Street. The church building is clearly marked on the 1850s Ordnance Survey map of Fife. The…
Kingsbarns Parish ChurchKingsbarns Parish Church, 2023.
Abercrombie mapSt Monans and Abercrombie [Abircroy] on J. Blaeu’s map of Eastern Fife, 1654.
Braehead Evangelical churchBraehead church, 2023.
Balmullo Anti-Burgher ChurchDuring the eighteenth century there was an Anti-Burgher congregation in Balmullo. The Anti-Burghers were one of a number of Protestant dissenting…
Balmullo Burgher ChapelIn the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there was a Burgher Chapel located on the north side of Balmullo, near what is now Smithy Lane. The…
Guardbridge Parish ChurchFor much of the nineteenth century there was no church in Guardbridge. However, in the 1880s the United Presbyterians established a church on the main…
Military Chapel Leuchars Station / St Peter’s Station ChurchDuring the First World War the Royal Flying Corps established a presence at Leuchars. This subsequently became an RAF station. A military chapel…
St Bonach’s ChapelIt is thought that a medieval chapel, possibly dedicated to St Bonach, once stood not far from the current site of Leuchars Parish Church. The chapel…
St Saviour’s Episcopal Church, GuardbridgeSt Saviour’s Episcopal Church stood on the main road through Guardbridge. It was built around 1900 and was designed by C.F. Anderson. The church…
Kilrenny Parish ChurchThere has been Christian activity at Kilrenny since Pictish times, and it is likely that there was an early medieval church on or near the site of the…
St Monans Parish Church
Abercrombie ChurchSt Monans and Abercrombie [Abircroy] on J. Blaeu’s map of Eastern Fife, 1654. (National Library of Scotland)
The former parish church of Abercrombie is first recorded around 1160. During the Middle Ages both Dunfermline Abbey and Culross Abbey had rights…
Braehead Evangelical Church, St MonansBraehead Church, 2023. (B. Rhodes)
Braehead Church was built in the 1870s. It originally housed a Free Church Congregation. Following the union of the United Free Church and the Church…
Gospel Hall, St Monans, 2023Gospel Hall, St Monans, 2023. (B. Rhodes)
Gospel Hall in St Monans was built in the 1950s. However, the evangelical congregation that worship at Gospel Hall have had a presence in St Monans…
Church Hall, Station Road, St MonansSt Monans Parish Church Hall, 2023. (B. Rhodes)
During the early 2020s the Church of Scotland congregation at St Monans made the decision to worship at their church hall, rather than using the…
Inchmurdo Chapel / Bishop's Palace Lower KenlyThe old doocot at Kenly. The bishop’s palace may have been nearby. Photo by Hamish Brown. (H. Brown / University of St Andrews)
During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the bishops of St Andrews had a residence at Inchmurdo. This has been tentatively identified as being…
Forgan-Old-Parish-Church.jpgThere is a church recorded at Forgan in the twelfth century. The old parish church at Forgan was appropriated to St Andrews Cathedral Priory for much…
Newport-on-Tay-Congregational-Church.pngA Congregational church was established in Newport-on-Tay in 1801. In the 1860s a substantial Gothic style church was built for the congregation at…
Newport-on-Tay-Parish-Church.jpgDuring the nineteenth century the population of Newport-on-Tay grew significantly. In the 1860s a campaign developed for a parish church in Newport,…
St Fillan's Roman Catholic Church, NewportSt Fillan’s Roman Catholic Church in Newport-on-Tay is a rare surviving example of a so-called ‘tin tabernacle’ – in other words a church built out of…
St-Marys-Episcopal-Newport.jpgSt Mary’s Church was built in the 1880s by Newport’s growing Episcopalian community. The building was designed in a Gothic style by Major Thomas…
St-Thomas-Seamylnes-Newport-Pier.jpgDuring the late Middle Ages the Chapel of St Thomas of Seamylnes was located near the coast in the Newport-on-Tay area. In the 1440s the local ferry…
PXL_20230404_141947661.jpgTrinity Church was established in the 1880s for the Newport-on-Tay United Presbyterian congregation. The church building was designed by the…
Wormit-Old-Parish-Church.jpgWest Hall in Wormit was built in the 1890s as a mission hall for the Church of Scotland. The building was designed by Major Thomas Cappon, who also…
Chapel-of-Naughton-Blaeu-Map.pngJoan Blaeu’s map of Fife with detail of Naughton or ‘Nachton’
A chapel was recorded at Naughton in the twelfth century. It was linked to the medieval parish of Forgan. Both Forgan and the Chapel of Naughton were…
Forgan-Parish-Church-OS-Map.pngForgan Parish Church and its location near the road and the local smithy. Ordnance Survey Map of Fife, 1855
In the 1840s the minister of Forgan, Charles Nairn, supported the construction of a new parish church, located on the main road between Leuchars and…