Mauchline Parish Church

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MAUCHLINE PARISH CHURCH

AULD KIRK - PARISH KIRK - ABBEY KIRK - BURGHER KIRK - NORTH KIRK - WILSON BAIRD

MAUCHLINE PARISH CHURCH SESSION BOOK 1783 (New September 2013)


Photo - Kenny Baird	Photo - Kenny Baird

A couple of night shots of Mauchline, taken on 4th August 2009. Left, The Parish Church at dusk, and on the right, Loudoun Street with the church gates on the right


Photo Willie Lyle	Photo - Kenny Baird

LFFT: An old view of the Parish Church, showing how open the churchyard could be if all the current growth and brushwood was to be cut back, showing how grand the building really is, and dominating the town centre. Unfortunately today it is an attraction for vandalism, for which the brush and scrub gives excellent cover.

RIGHT: Image taken in August 2009 showing just how much the church is hidden from view nowadays. Trees may be nice, but on this spot they hide a majestic large building from its prominant place in the town.


Photo - Kenny Baird	Photo - Kenny Baird

Photos taken in July 2009 from a similar angle to the above early photo.


Photo Kenny Baird	Photo Library and Information service, EAC

Left: This plaque which is quite a way above the church door, is difficult to read from the ground. Click for a higher res readable version.

Right: An image of the Parish Church from before 1906. The church was opened for worship on 2nd August 1829. It stands on the site of the old church which would have been very familiar to Burns and his wife. The old kirk was take down in 1827.

Ministers of The Parish Church

1562 - 1566	Rev Robert Hamilton
1567 - 1617	Rev Peter Primrose
1621 - 1634	Rev John Rose
1635 - 1644	Rev George Young
1646 - 1655	Rev Thomas Wyllie
1656 - 1694	Rev James Vietch
1695 - 1739	Rev William Maitland
1742 - 1791	Rev William Auld
1792 - 1803	Rev Archie Reid
1804 - 1844	Rev John Todd (1843 disruprion)
1844 - 1874	Rev James Fairlie
1874 - 1890	Rev Andrew Edgar
1890 - 1930	Rev Dr Joseph Mitchell
1931 - 1947	Rev Dr David Easson
1948 - 1975	Rev James Glennie
1976 - 1990	Rev Dr Charles S Morrice
1991 - 2010?	Rev Alan B Telfer


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Inside the Parish Church, the Organ, and right, the impressive old stained glass windows.

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Inside the Parish Kirk, hung on the wall is the old covenantor's flag dating from the late 1600s. There is another hanging in Sorn Castle. The two are photographed above, although both are in a difficult place to take a good snap.


Photo Terry Harrison	Photo Burns House Museum

Mauchline Kirkyard, scene of Burns' Holy Fair. The clear image on the left shows the North Kirk, now gone. All the other houses except for the one next to the North Kirk have gone.

Photo Hughy Hodge

A photo taken in the old Mauchline cemetery, looking towards The Cross, right of the girls, and the back of Nanse Tinnock's, left.

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