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Viewfield Church, Stirling was formed when, in 1747 the Associate Presbytery split over the Burgess oath. An Antiburgher congregation was formed which became part of what was to be the General Associate Synod, and a minister was called in 1753. The congregation joined the United Secession Church in 1820 and on the union with the Relief Church in 1847 became Viewfield United Presbyterian Church. Viewfield followed the United Presbyterian Church into the union with the Free Church in 1900 to form Stirling Viewfield United Free Church. There were suggestions that Viewfield should be united with Stirling Erskine Church but in the end only around half of the Erskine congregation agreed to join Viewfield in 1909. The congregation was for a while known as Viewfield-Erskine but the building remained Viewfield Church and became part of the Church of Scotland in 1929. |