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The church of Kettle was anciently known as Lathrisk. It was originally dedicated to St Athernash but there was an additional dedication to St John the Evangelist. The church was granted to the Priory of St Andrews prior to 1181. Ministry at Kettle is first recorded from 1565 in the person of David Cuke. The parish of Kettle lies in the Presbytery of Cupar (subsequently the Presbytery of St Andrews) and formerly in the Synod of Fife and it contains the villages of Kingskettle, Kettle Bridge, Coaltown of Burnturk, Balmalcolm and Muirhead. The present parish church was built in 1832. In 1930, after the union of the United Free Church of Scotland and the Church of Scotland, there was a local union of congregations. Kettle East, this congregation, united with Kettle West (the former Kingskettle United Free Church), and with Balmalcolm (formerly Kettle and Cults United Free Church). The new charge took the name Kettle, using the former Kettle East church. A further link was formed in 1963 with the congregation of Cults. In 1983 the congregations of Collessie and Ladybank, and Cults and Kettle were united under the name Howe of Fife. |