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itsDuring the year 1656 occasional services were begun at Leadhills and in 1699 the Presbytery made an appeal to the Earl of Hopetoun with regards to the possibility of providing a stipend. As a result of this appeal, the provision of a stipend to Leadhills was discussed in the Scottish Parliament and a number of years thereafter in 1738 regular services commenced, funded by Charles, Earl of Hopetoun. It wasn't however until 1867 that the parish of Leadhills was disjoined from that of Crawford and erected quoad sacra. In 1929, following the union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church, Leadhills Parish Church was termed Leadhills North and in 1937 Leadhills North united with the former United Free Church congregation of Leadhills South. After the local union, under the name of Leadhills, the former North church continued in use and the former South church was sold and later demolished. A further union was established in 1952 with Wanlockhead, under the name of Wanlockhead and Leadhills and the united session was linked in 1973 with Crawford. Sometime in the late 1980s the charge changed its name to Lowther Church of Scotland. The kirk session, which sits within the Presbytery of Lanark, was later renamed Lowther and the linkage with Crawford was terminated in 1994 in favour of a linkage with Glencaple. |