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On the 18 May 1740 Rev William Wilson, a preacher in Perth, was debarred from his pulpit by the magistrates of Perth and all ties were severed between him and the Established Church. Consequently Mr Wilson, along with a number of other members of his former Kirk Session, formed themselves into a distinct congregation and in November 1740 a church was erected to house the newly established Perth Associate Session. Mr Wilson died in 1741 and in the following year George Brown was ordained at Perth as the second minister of the Associate Session. In 1747, upon the split within the Associate church, Mr Brown choose to adhered to the Antiburgher cause, consequently causing a split within his congregation, with the members and elders dividing between the Burgher and the Antiburgher causes. Mr Brown, along with the other Antiburgher adherents, remained within the original Associate Church building for 18 months, until he was excluded by the Burghers in 1748 and had to preach in the open air until the North Church was erected in 1749. A new church was opened in 1792 at a cost of £1000 which was superceded in 1880 when a new building was opened with sittings for 1200, at a cost of £7000. In 1847 Perth North Antiburgher Church joined the United Presbyterian Church. Following the union between the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland, Perth North United Presbyterian became Perth North United Free Church and upon the 1929 union between the United Free Church of Scotland and the Church of Scotland, Perth North United Free became Perth North Church of Scotland. In 1985 the congregation of Perth St Leonard's was joined with Perth North. After this local union the charge continued under the name of Perth North Church of Scotland and the congregation sits under the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of Perth. |