Old St Andrews Church, North Berwick
by Yvonne Johnstone
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Old St Andrews Church, North Berwick
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
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Photograph - Photography
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First, there was the Auld Kirk, located on a spit of land beside the harbour and dedicated to St Andrew. The promontory on which the church stood was devastated by erosion in the 17th century and the kirk collapsed, leaving only a tower.
Old St Andrew's Church in North Berwick is the second. It was built on Kirk Ports, south of the High Street, and opened in 1664. It is also a ruined 17th-century church with a striking west tower, noted as the burial place of John Blackadder, a Covenanter martyr.
The rectangular church had box pews with galleries at both ends for leading families, and a pulpit midway along the south side. The west tower had a belfry, hung with a bell taken from the medieval kirk. This church remained in use until 1883 when a new parish church of St Andrew Blackadder was opened on the High Street.
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April 25th, 2019
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