OS1/13/85/27
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CHURCH [parish] | Church Church |
Revd. [Reverend] George Dickson Minister Kilrenny David Grey Farmer Rennyhill |
020 | [situation] In the Village of Kilrenny. The parish church of Kilrenny is a plain building surmounted with a tower on which there is a spire. It has a gallery. It is seated for 800. the seats are divided in the following order. the Patron Sir W.C. Anstruther Bart. [Baronet] has the first choice, Minister next, and the heritors according to their valued rent. The parish schoolmaster has a pew, and the rest are divided proportionally among the farmers and their dependents. The church is in a good state of repair, its tower and spire are the only remains of the old one. It was dedicated to St. Irenaeus from which circumstance the village Kilrenny is supposed to have derived its name. The average number of communicants is 440. The Church is surrounded by a grave yard, in which there are four large family vaults Viz. General Scotts, Lumsdaines, Johnstons, and Bethunes. There is a tradition in the locality that Cardinal Beaton was buried in the latter, Captain Bethune has traced his genealogy back to the Cardinal, he is likewise the proprietor of the property that belonged to the Beatons. There is a tradition in the locality stating that the name was changed from Beaton, to Bethune, in the time of Knox for fear of exciting the derision of the reformers, who were so enraged against people of that name. The Revd. [Reverend] George Dickson is the present minister, his stipend is 136 bolls of barley with the same of Meal, and £10 of communion element money. The church is situated in the village or Kilrennny, and about the middle of the parish. The present church is built on the site of the old one. |
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27 Parish of Kilrenny Plan 20C Trace 4[signed] P.McHugh Pte. RS&M [Private, Royal Sappers & Miners]
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The connection between St Irenaeus and the name Kilrenny is more fully discussed in the Old and New Statistical Accounts.Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
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