Ancrum Old Parish Church

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Ancrum Old Parish Church
Ancrum Parish Church
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Ruins of Old Ancrum Kirk
Ancrum Old Parish Church
55°30′59″N2°36′03″W / 55.516252°N 2.600734°W / 55.516252; -2.600734 Coordinates: 55°30′59″N2°36′03″W / 55.516252°N 2.600734°W / 55.516252; -2.600734
Location Ancrum
Country Scotland
Denomination Church of Scotland
History
StatusRuins
Founded1136
Founder(s) David I of Scotland
Architecture
Architectural type Church
Years built1762
Closed1890
Listed Building – Category B
Designated16 March 1971
Reference no. LB4239

Ancrum Old Parish Church is situated just over half a mile north west of the village of Ancrum in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B4600 road leading off the A68. [1] The village of Ancrum is four miles north west of Jedburgh. The churchyard contains the burial ground for the local area. The old church is situated at grid reference NT621248 , and the remains are protected as a Category B listed building. [2]

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History

The origins of the church are from 1136 when a monastic settlement was established by David I of Scotland. [3] That foundation was part of the Archdeanery of Teviotdale in the See of Glasgow. This situation existed until the Reformation in 1560 when the church was transformed, according to the new faith, to Ancrum Parish Church. [4]

West gable of Old Ancrum Kirk Ancrum Gable.jpg
West gable of Old Ancrum Kirk

The old buildings were replaced in 1762 when a new church was built, incorporating a fragmented aisle from the old church. In 1832, the church was extensively repaired. [5] The church, in later years, was alternatively known as "The Livingston Church" in memory of the most notable of all the clerics at Ancrum, the Rev. John Livingston (1603–1672). [6] Livingston was part of the commission sent to Breda in the Netherlands in 1660 to meet King Charles II of England and Scotland, to make arrangements for his homecoming to receive the Crown of Scotland. In 1684, the parish of Longnewton was annexed to the parish at Ancrum. [3] In 1890, the old church was abandoned when the new parish church (by Hardy & Wight [7] ) was opened in the village of Ancrum. The new church contains a Dutch bell of 1618. [6]

List of ministers after the Reformation

Hew Scott's fuller list: [8]
partial list:

Other churches

There was a Free Church in Ancrum known as the John Knox Free Church and it was open for worship from 1859 until 1933. [10]

Today

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'New'Ancrum Kirk

The Parish of Ancrum is no longer a separate parish and it is now part of the United Parish of Ale and Teviot, incorporating Ancrum, Lilliesleaf, Crailing and Eckford. The minister is the Reverend Frank Campbell. [11]

Meaning of name

The meaning of the name Ancrum is, from the Gaelic 'alne cromb' - 'the bend in the Ale' (local river) [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Zoomable 25 inch OS map with tranparancy slider". National Library of Scotland. OS. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  2. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Remains of Old Ancrum Church  (Category B Listed Building) (LB4239)" . Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/sas/sas.asp?action=public Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine Statistical Accounts of Scotland
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Scottish Borders Heritage
  5. ↑ http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-108-980-c Scran
  6. 1 2 Historic Environment Scotland. "Ancrum, Old Ancrum Church (57097)". Canmore . Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  7. ↑ Dictionary of Scottish Architects; Hardy
  8. ↑ Scott, Hew (1917). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. 2. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. pp.  99-100. Retrieved 15 March 2019.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ↑ Graham, A (1896). "John Livingston of Ancrum". The Border magazine. Vol. XII. Galashiels: A. Walker & son, ltd. pp. 72–74, 92–94.
  10. ↑ http://www.ancrum.bordernet.co.uk/news/ Ancrum website
  11. ↑ http://www.aleandteviot.org.uk/ Church website
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