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The minister of the parish, and a large proportion of the congregation, "came out" at the Disruption of 1843, worshipping in the open air initially, and then in the Temperence Hall in the village. TheEarl of Fife had refused to offer an appropriate site on which they could build their church, but James Lumsden of Auchry granted the congregation some land in an old, disused quarry, albeit unwillingly. And it was here that the new church was built and opened in 1844. The charge passed to the United Free Church in 1900 and united a few years later with the United Free congregation of New Byth in 1904, keeping the name Monquhitter United Free. When the United Free Church passed back to the Established Church in 1929, the congregation at Monquhitter followed suit but took the name of Gordon Church of Scotland. In 1931 a union took place between Gordon and the existing Monquhitter Church of Scotland charge, the united congregation keeping the name of Monquhitter. A further union took place with New Byth Church of Scotland in 1996 to form Monquhitter and New Byth Church of Scotland. |