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The church of Lesmahagow, which is thought to have been first established as early as the 8th century, was dedicated to St Machnuit and had belonged to the Tyronesian Priory of Lesmahagow. The priory was granted a right of sanctuary by King David but this was violated in 1335 when the church was burned down by an English army under the command of John of Eltham, brother of King Edward I. The parish church was rebuilt and survived until 1804 when the present church was erected on the original site. As there existed two further charges within Lesmahagow (Lesmahagow Abbey Green and Lesmahagow Cordiner), the first charge became known in 1934 as Lesmahagow Old. Lesmahagow Old was linked with Coalburn in 1998. The kirk session sits within the Presbytery of Lanark and formerly the Synod of Clydesdale. |