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Country code

Repository code

558

Organisation

NAS

Repository

Falkirk Archives

Reference

CH2/683

Title

Records of Airth / Airth North Kirk Session

Dates

1660-1935

Access status

Not held

Access conditions

The records listed in this collection are not in the National Records of Scotland. They are held by Falkirk Archives

Description

There has been a church in Airth since at least 1128. The church was appropriated to Holyrood Abbey by David I. Airth Parish Church remained in the Church of Scotland in 1843. In 1929 it was re-named Airth North Church but reverted to the name Airth Parish Church after the South Church was closed on 1 January 1956.
The old Parish Church building near Airth Castle which is now in ruins was used from the late 12th century until 1820 when it was abandoned in favour of the North Church building, built to replace the old parish church by William Stirling of Dunblane.

Level

Fonds

Admin history

Airth Church, in the Presbytery of Falkirk (previously the Presbytery of Linlithgow and Falkirk), was granted to Holyrood Abbey by David I (c 1080-1153) soon after 1128. It was for a time in the Presbytery of Stirling. From the union of 1929 it was known as Airth North to distinguish it from the former United Free Church (which took the name Airth South). After the dissolution of Airth South on 1 Jan 1956 the congregation was once again known simply as Airth.

National Records of Scotland, H.M. General Register House, 2 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3YY; email: [email protected]