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Prior to the reformation there existed at Portpatrick a place of worship called Chapel Patrick, which was dedicated to the Apostle of Ireland. Joined to this chapel was a district by the name of the Black Quarter of Inch. In 1628 Chapel Patrick was rebuilt and the Black Quarter was disjoined from Inch and erected as the Parish of Montgomorie. The name of the parish however was changed after only two or three years to that of Portpatrick. A new parish church was later erected on a different site in 1842. In 1930 the parish church of Portpatrick was united with the former United Free Church congregation of Portpatrick Trinity. After the local union the Trinity Church became the church hall. In 1987 Portpatrick was linked with Stranraer St Ninian's. The kirk session sat within the Presbytery of Stranraer until the restructuring of the presbyteries in 1976 when it became part of the Presbytery of Wigtown and Stranraer. |