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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Free Church [Dysart] Free Church
Free Church
Free Church
Revd. [Reverend] Walker. Minister.
Revd. [Reverend] William Muir.
037 [situation] In the town of Dysart.
A plain stone building situate in West Port, it was erected in 1843 by the subscriptions of the congregation assisted by a grant from the general building fund of the Church. Contains sittings for 400 none of which are free. The average attendance is 240. The Ministers stipend is £140 per annum with a Manse.

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5 Ph. [Parish] of Dysart

Church [Parish] continued.
..sittings for 1740 persons, the average attendance is 1000. The 1st Charge Ministers annual stipend is 140 bols of meal & 140 bols of Barley, 26 Tons of Coal and £15.10.0 fue duty from the ancient Rectory, with a Manse & Glebe The 2nd charge Ministers annual stipend is 73 bols of Meal 53 [Quarters] 1 [bus] of Barley. 13 Tons of Coal & £76.14.4 in money. It is a collegiate charge & the patron of both charges is the Earl of Rosslyn.

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The mis-spellings of the "Stipend" quantities is unusual Bol = Boll. Fue = Feu. The amount [bus] may signify Pounds (Lbs)

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