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In 1248 a rebuilt church was dedicated by David De Bernham but is thought to have been destroyed during the English invasion of 1544. The present church site has existed since 1636 and was rebuilt in 1771 and 1907.
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A church has stood on the site for approximately 1000 years, but the current building was constructed and opened in 1908. Later, a new adjacent church hall was added in the 1990s.
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In 2001 the congregation had a roll of 1175 members, making it one of the largest church congregations by membership in the Church of Scotland.
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A cemetery was added in the late 19th century, to the south of the historic graveyard. This area contains the village
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Rev William Lockhart DD (1825-1902) from 1861 to 1902, his will paid for the Lockhart Memorial Church in the
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St Cuthbert's Church, originally called the parish of Hailes, was founded in 1095 by Ethelred, Earl of
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and built in 1837. The interior has a neo-Byzantine design, with pink sandstone columns.
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This article about a church or other Christian place of worship in Scotland is a
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Thomas Paterson from 1697 to 1699 then translated to St Cuthbert's in Edinburgh
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from 1746 to 1752 when he translated to St Cuthbert's (Moderator in 1761)
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and in 1234 this was confirmed in a Papal Bull from Pope Gregory.
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standing in the centre of the small cemetery, was designed by
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Very Rev William Bryce Johnston (1921-2005) from 1964 to 1991
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The current church was redesigned in 1907-8 by the architect
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Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
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FRSE (1731-1803) from 1783 to 1803, Moderator in 1790
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John Fleming of Craigs (1750-1824) from 1804 to 1824
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Church of Scotland
Colinton
Edinburgh
Scotland
Water of Leith
Fife
King Malcolm III
Dunfermline Abbey
Sydney Mitchell
David Bryce
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
William Bryce Johnston

Marischal College
Elgin
John Hyndman
Rev Prof John Walker
Lewis Balfour
Grange, Edinburgh
Thomas Marjoribanks
Clan Marjoribanks
George William Balfour
Lewis Balfour
Robert Louis Stevenson
Mungo Burton
Alexander Lorne Campbell
John Gibson (chemist)
James Gillespie (philanthropist)
Admiral John Inglis

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