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Kelso Associate Session, in the Presbytery of Kelso, originated in 1739 when members of the congregation seceded from the Church of Scotland to the Associate Synod. Following the breach over the 'Burgess Oath' in 1747, the congregation petitioned the burgher presbytery of Edinburgh for sermon. John Potts was ordained minister, although he was suspended in 1753 over a disagreement about the terms of communion and left for London. A new church was opened in 1788. Following the union in 1820 of the Associate Synod and the General Associate Synod, the charge became Kelso United Secession Church. In 1847 the United Secession Church joined the Relief Church to form the United Presbyterian Church. A new building to house Kelso United Presbyterian Church was opened in 1886. When, in 1900, the United Presbyterian Church united with the Free Church, the congregation became Kelso Trinity United Free Church and retained the minister, Thomas Crauford Kirkwood (1849-1930), inducted 1880. Following the reunion in 1929 with the Church of Scotland, Kelso Trinity was joined, in 1940 with Kelso North Church of Scotland to form Kelso Trinity and North Church of Scotland. In 1980 the church was united with Kelso St John's Edenside and Ednam as Kelso North and Ednam Church of Scotland. |