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The congregation of Dunfermline Free Church, which sat within the Presbytery of Dunfermline, was established in 1843 at the time of the Disruption when the minister of Dunfermline Parish Church, along with his congregation, adhered to the Free Church. They retained their church for a time until they were legally required to leave in 1845 and a new church was later erected and opened in 1847. Following the union between the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland in 1900, Dunfermline St Andrew's Free became Dunfermline St Andrew's United Free and upon the union of the United Free Church of Scotland and the Church of Scotland, Dunfermline St Andrew's United Free was renamed Dunfermline St Andrew's South Church of Scotland. The charge was reduced in status in 1942-1948 and the church was later closed for worship in 1953, at which time the congregation was transported as a church extension charge to Brucefield. A church-hut was used for a time as a place of worship until a new site was secured in Whitelaw Road. |