Session minutes, 1833-1881; Manager's minutes, 1818-1904; Communion roll, 1852-1881.
Records of Anstruther Associate Burger and United Associate Church
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- Dates of Creation1818-1904
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- Physical Description7 volumes
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Administrative / Biographical History
Anstruther Associate Burgher congregation was first established in 1818 at the request of a group who named themselves 'Managers of the Associate Society of Anstruther' and who expressed a wish in that year to the Presbytery of Perth that they be formed into a congregation and be supplied with a minister. In 1820 the Synod granted the congregation 20 to assist in the erection of a place of worship, and in the following year a church was erected, which was later replaced by a new building in 1852. The first minister of the congregation, John Thom, was ordained in 1825. The church became part of the United Presbyterian Church in 1847. Following the union of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland in 1900, the charge became Anstruther Erskine, United Free Church and in 1904 the congregation of Anstruther Erskine was united to that of Anstruther Chalmers Memorial, after which time the Anstruther Erskine church was sold.
Sources: Robert Small, The History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church 1733-1900 (Edinburgh, 1904); John Alexander Lamb, The Fasti of the United Free Church of Scotland 1900-1929 (Edinburgh, 1956).
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Description compiled by Rachel Hart, Archives Hub Project, based on description created by Lesley Doig and modified by Alan Borthwick, Scottish Archive Network project.
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