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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
RALPH ERSKINE'S GRAVE Ralph ErsKine's Grave
Ralph ErsKine's Grave
Ralph ErsKine's Grave
Mr A Kilgour
David Elder Beadle
Tombstone
035 [Situation] In the Old Burying Ground
A flat Tombstone with the shape of a Bible sculptured on it, marks the [spot] where the remains of the Reverend Ralph ErsKine are deposited He was sometime Parish [minister] of Dunfermline previous to [having] been deposed by the General Assembly in 1740, (when with a few other ministers who were under the same censure) he founded the Secession church, which has [lately] united with the Relief, under [the] name "United Presbyterian Church" -

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For situation see Town Plan - http://maps.nls.uk/view/74415326

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