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Penicuik, Bridgend United Associate Congregation (Burgher) Church originated in 1781 with a petition for supply of sermon to the Burgher Presbytery of Edinburgh. After delays caused by fears of an adverse effect on neighbouring congregations, this was agreed to and the first minister ordained in 1784. The congregation passed successively to the United Presbyterian and United Free Churches, in the latter case as Penicuik North, and to the Church of Scotland. The Church of Scotland charge is in the presbytery of Lothian (formerly Dalkeith) and was in the synod of Lothian and Tweeddale until the abolition of synods in 1993. |