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The beginnings of the congregation of Dalry Burgher Church, which sat within the Presbytery of Kilmarnock and Ayr, can be traced back to 1749 when the Burgher Presbytery of Glasgow was petitioned by a group of Burgher party followers from Dalry, requesting that they, having no congregation of their own, be placed under the jurisdiction of either Glasgow or Burntshields Burgher Church. These being the only two burgher charges within reach. As a result the group from Dalry were placed under the temporary care of Mr McAra of Burntshields, with the agreement that this situation should last only until Dalry were able to call a minister of their own. It wasn't however until some years later in 1785 that regular mission appointments began in Dalry and the first minister of the congregation, George Russell, wasn't ordained until 1791. A church to house the congregation was erected in 1785. In 1847 the Secession and Relief churches united to form the United Presbyterian Church, and so the charge became known as Dalry United Presbyterian Church (sometimes called Court Hill Street United Presbyterian Church, locally). The Kirk Session at Dalry had a responsibility for two mission halls; Dalry Mission Hall and the Biggart Mission Hall. At the 1900 union of the United Presbyterians and the Free Church, Dalry Free Church was renamed Dalry Courthill United Free Church and following the 1900 union between the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church, the charge became Dalry Courthill Church of Scotland. In 1962 Dalry Courthill was uniited with the congregation of Dalry St Andrew's and West, under the name of Dalry Trinity. |