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The church of Kirkinner was dedicated to St Kinera and prior to the reformation belonged to the Chapel Royal of Stirling. Ministry is recorded a Kirkinner from 1567. Kirkinner is so called because in former times the area that was later annexed as the Parish of Kirkcowen was included within it's boundaries, the clergy man preached for two Sundays in the kirk in the southern part of the parish and the next Sunday in the kirk in the northern. Due to this situation one of the kirks was distinguished as the Inner Kirk, the other the Outer Kirk, hence the name Kirkinner. The parish of Longcastle was united with Kirkinner in 1650 under the name of the larger parish of Kirkinner. The parish was later linked with Sorbie in 1981. Kirkinner originally sat in the Presbytery of Wigtown until by Act of Assembly XXI, 1963, The Presbytery of Wigtown and the Presbytery of Stranraer were united to form the Presbytery of Wigtown and Stranraer. The present church was built in 1882. |