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Due to the loss of the early minutes of the Antiburgher Presbytery of Glasgow, the early beginnings of this congregation cannot be traced however the first recorded notice of the Antiburgher Congregation of Stranraer Ivy Place appears in 1757 and James Douglas, the first minister of the congregation was ordained in 1759. In 1847 Stranraer Ivy Place Antiburgher Church became part of the United Presbyterian Church. Following the union of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland in 1900, Stranraer Ivy Place United Presbyterian became Stranraer Ivy Place United Free Church and in 1927 a union was established with the congregation of Stranraer St Mark's, to form the charge of Stranraer St Andrew's United Free Church. Upon the 1929 union between the United Free Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland, Stranraer St Andrew's United Free became Stranraer St Andrew's Church of Scotland and in 1982 the congregation was linked with that of Inch. The linked congregation of Stranraer St Andrew's sits under the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of Wigtown and Stranraer. |