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The church of Kirkcudbright was dedicated to St Cuthbert and was granted to the Abbey of Holyrood in the 12th century. During the 13th century the Grey Friars, or Franciscans, founded a Friary in Kirkcudbright which was suppressed at the reformation, and in 1564 the Friary church became the Parish church. The ancient parishes of Galtway and Dunrod were united to Kirkcudbright in 1663. In 1730 the old Friary church had fallen into such a state of disrepair that it was demolished to make way for a new church. The church erected in 1730 was later replaced when a new and larger building was constructed at an alternative site in the middle of the town. The foundation stone of the new and present day church was laid in 1836 and the building was opened for worship three years later in 1839. At the union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church in 1929 the Parish church became known as Kirkcudbright St Cuthbert's Parish Church. Kirkcudbright St Mary's was united to St Cuthbert's in 1983. The united charge was initially known as St Cuthbert's and St Mary's, however by decree of the Kirk Session the church soon reverted to its old name of Kirkcudbright Parish Church. The kirk session sat within the Presbytery of Kirkcudbright and later of Dumfries and Kirkcudbright. |