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The beginnings of the Antiburgher Associate Session of Alyth can be traced back to 1745 when two elders from Alyth parish acceded to the Associate Presbytery of Dunfermline. To begin with the Seceders of Alyth were without their own minister and had to worship first in Dundee, later Coupar-Angus, and also at Rattray, before the first minister of the charge was ordained in 1783. The session is thought to have existed independently from 1781, with the first baptisms having been recorded in that year. A meeting house to house the congregation was erected in 1782. In 1900, at the union of the United Presbyterians and the Free Church, Alyth United Presbyterian was renamed Alyth South United Free Church, however in 1927 Alyth South United Free and Alyth North United Free were joined together under the name of Alyth once more. After this local union the former North church became the place of worship and the South church was converted for use as a church hall. Following the 1929 union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church, the congregation of Alyth was named Alyth Barony Church of Scotland and in 1976 Alyth Barony united with the congregation of Alyth High, under the name of Alyth. The Kirk Session of Alyth sits within the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of Dunkeld and Meigle. |