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The beginnings of the congregation of Peebles Relief Church can be traced back to the 11th September 1827, the date upon which the Relief Presbytery of Edinburgh was petitioned by a number of residents of Peebles, requesting that they be provided with sermon. The application was favourably received and on the following Sunday a station was opened at Peebles. Peebles Relief Church, which was built at a cost of £600, was opened on the 16th November 1828 and Alexander Thomson, the first minister of the congregation was ordained in 1829. A new church was later opened on the 31st March 1893. In 1900, following the union of the Free Church and the United Free Church, Peebles United Presbyterian congregation became Peebles West United Free Church and in 1918 Peebles West United Free was joined, by decision of the General Assembly, with the former Free Church congregation of Peebles St Andrew's United Free Church. After the local union, under the name of Peebles St Andrew's, the West church was retained as the place of worship and the former Free Church was converted for use as the church hall. Following the 1929 union between the United Free Church and the Church of Scotland, Peebles St Andrew's United Free became Peebles St Andrew's Church of Scotland and a number of years thereafter in 1976, Peebles St Andrew's united with the congregation of Peebles Leckie Memorial, under the name of Peebles St Andrew's Leckie. The congregation of Peebles St Andrew's Leckie sits under the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of Melrose and Peebles. |