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ADP · Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 467 Location: Edinburgh

When the United Free Church was united with the Church of Scotland in 1929, many church names were changed, mostly to avoid duplication of a name within an area. The list below is of the United Free Churches within the Presbytery of Edinburgh whose names were changed.

This may help to link memorial articles from the archives of the post-Great-War era with the churches we know now.

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From The Scotsman, Wednesday 11th September 1929.

NEW CHURCH NAMES

At a meeting of the United Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh at 121 George Street, yesterday evening - the Rev. W. T. Cairns, Moderator - the Clerk, Dr Macaulay, intimated the changes in the names of United Free Churches in the Presbytery arising out of the Union of the Churches. The old names, and the new names by which the churches will be known after the Union are as Follows:-

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OLD NAME NEW NAME

Addiewell & Stoneyburn Stoneyburn-Addiewell

Chalmers Territorial Chalmers

Davidson Church, Eyre Place Davidson

Grange St Catherine's in the Grange

Juniper Green St Andrew's, Juniper Green

Lady Glenorchy's Lady Glenorchy's North

Lauriston Place Lauriston

North Leith (Coburg Street) Harper Memorial, Leith

North Leith (Ferry Road) St Nicholas, Leith

St John's, Leith St John's West, Leith

South Leith Claremont, Leith

Mayfield North Mayfield

Morningside Morningside High

Newhaven St Andrew's, Newhaven

Newington Newington East

South Newington Newington South

North Richmond Street Richmond

Restalrig New Restalrig

St Bernard's St Bernard's South

St Cuthbert's Belford

St David's St David's, Morrison Street

St George's St George's West

St James's Inverleith

St Mary's Barony

St Stephen's St Stephen's, Comely Bank

Warrender Park Warrender

Ratho and Kirknewton Wilkieston

St Philip's, Portobello St Philip's, Joppa

Corstorphine St Ninian's, Corstorphine

Midcalder Bridgend, Midcalder

Gorgie North Merchiston

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Adam Brown · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:37 am Post subject:

Many thanks ADP. The history or even lineage of Edinburgh churches is a bit of a web so anything to help untangle it is much appreciated. I wonder if an article like this is available for Glasgow churches?

Thanks

Adam