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There has been a place of Christian worship on the site of Currie Kirk
for over a thousand years. Currie was originally in the diocese of Lindisfarne and was not finally placed under the Bishopric of St Andrews until the boundary between Scotland and England was fixed after the Battle of Carham in 1035. The first church was a cell close by the Water of Leith and Mungo's Well. From this came the name Kildeleith. The first recorded church was in 1200 and must have been of some importance since, in 1296, the Archdeacon of Lothian had his headquarters at Kildeleith as Currie was called. Circa 1300 a new church was built and this was extended circa 1600 by the building of a quire. This is used as a Session House. |
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The present church was built in 1785 by Mr Thomson of Leith, and cost 433 pounds. The design is in Heritors Gothic and was chosen after a competition had been held. It is built of whinstone and the roof is of Easdale slate. The building has a Grade A historical listing. It is not large but has many interesting features. A Vestry and a Link Building were added in 1968. Notice the painted mock windows at the front of the church. Though basically a Scottish country church it is an interesting building in a beautiful setting.
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