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At the time of the Disruption in 1843, the senior minister of Dalkeith Parish Church adhered to the Free Church. A meeting had been held in the previous year to lay plans that would ensure that, at the Disruption, there would be an organised congregation in Dalkeith to represent the Free Church. Prior to 1843 special service was provided for this congregation by Peter Steel, the rector of the grammar school, who upon adherence to the Free Church was forced to resign his position. Use of the Associate Secession Church was granted until a new church was built and opened in December 1843. The congregation of Dalkeith Free additionally organised a mission station at Newton Grange, which became the sanctioned charge of Newbattle in 1884. In 1900, upon the union of the Free Church and the United Presbyterians, Dalkeith Free Church was renamed Dalkeith St John's United Free and in 1912 Dalkeith St John's United Free was united with the congregation of Dalkeith King's Park United Free, to form the session of Dalkeith St Johns and King's Park . Following the 1929 union between the United Free Church and the Church of Scotland, Dalkeith St John's and King's Park United Free became Dalkeith St John's and King's Park Church of Scotland. The congregation of Dalkeith St John's and King's Park sits under the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of Lothian. |