Kelso North Parish Church

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Kelso North Parish Church

The Kelso North Parish Church is a neo-Gothic church building of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland . It is on Roxburgh Street in the center of the Scottish town of Kelso in the Scottish Borders Council Area . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

history

For centuries, Kelso Abbey was the spiritual center of Kelso. A church building there served as a parish church . In 1753 the parish was split into three newly created ones. With the increase in the population of Kelso in the 19th century, a new parish was created with Kelso North . Its first pastor was the poet Horatius Bonar . With the "disruption" of 1843, the Free Church of Scotland split off. In 1866 their congregation had today's church building built. The Scottish architect Frederick Thomas Pilkington provided the design. Like most Free Church congregations, Kelso North merged with the Church of Scotland in 1929. Through amalgamations in the course of the 20th century, the parish took on three more. It now serves as the parish church for the parish of Kelso North and Ednam .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Information from the parish
  3. ↑ Network presence of the parish

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Coordinates: 55 ° 36 '2.3 "  N , 2 ° 26" 12.3 "  W.