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===Edinburgh City Centre Churches Together=== |
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St Cuthbert's is one of three churches which form Together, an ecumenical grouping in the New Town of Edinburgh. The others are [[St Andrew's and St George's West Church|St Andrew's & St George's West]] and [[Church of St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh|St John's]].<ref>[http://togetheredinburgh.org.uk/index.html Together Trust]</ref> |
St Cuthbert's is one of three churches which form Together, an ecumenical grouping in the New Town of Edinburgh. The others are [[St Andrew's and St George's West Church|St Andrew's & St George's West]] and [[Church of St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh|St John's]].<ref>[http://togetheredinburgh.org.uk/index.html Together Trust] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122080501/http://togetheredinburgh.org.uk/index.html |date=22 January 2014 }}</ref> |
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===Edinburgh Festival Fringe=== |
===Edinburgh Festival Fringe=== |
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* Gifford, John; McWilliam, Colin; Walker, David; Wilson, Christopher, ''The Buildings of Scotland – Edinburgh'', [[Penguin Books]], London, 1984, pp. 275–277. {{ISBN|0-14-071068-X}} |
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Revision as of 12:39, 17 January 2018
The Parish Church of St Cuthbert, Edinburgh | |
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Denomination | Church of Scotland |
Website | www |
History | |
Dedication | Cuthbert |
Dedicated | 11 July 1894 |
Administration | |
Presbytery | Presbytery of Edinburgh |
Clergy | |
Minister(s) | The Revd Peter Sutton Parish Minister The Revd Charles Robertson Assistant Minister |
Laity | |
Organist(s) | Mr Graham Maclagan Director of Music |
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The Parish Church of St Cuthbert is a parish church of the
History
A chapel dedicated to
The
In 1754 a Chapel of Ease was proposed for the South side of the parish, and approved by the
Eighteenth-century maps show a West Church Poorhouse immediately west of the church.[1]
By 1772 St. Cuthbert's kirk was structurally dangerous, and in 1773–1775 (following a competition) the architect-builder James Weir, of Tollcross, built a preaching box with two tiers of galleries reached by stairs in the pedimented western projection.
Between 1787 and 1790 the ground to the north of the church was drained for an extension of the burial ground, and in 1789–1790 Alexander Stevens built the
The architecture and, especially the interior decoration of the current church building is very unusual in a
War Memorials
Parishioners lost in World War I are remembered in the very fine War Memorial Chapel designed by Peter MacGregor Chalmers[6], on the south-west corner of the church. It has a wholly different atmosphere from the remainder of the church, being very small and intimate. It is occasionally used for services when congregation numbers are small. The stained glass here is by Douglas Strachan.[7]
The memorial to parishioners lost in World War II is found around the doors from the main church into the outer hall.
The Churchyard
The original burial ground was restricted to an area to the south-west, now a small mound in relation to the rest of the churchyard. This was latterly known as the "Bairns' Knowe" (children's hill) as it was often used for burial of children. Records show that this was open to the countryside until 1597, and sheep and horses would graze here. A wall was then built around the churchyard.[8]
In 1701 ground was added to the west and north-west, concurrent with a refurbishment of the church, which is recorded as having been somewhat derelict since the period of the English Civil War.[8]
In 1787 the north marsh (at the west end of what was then the
In 1827 the watchtower to the south-west was built to defend against
In 1831 the manse (to the south) was demolished, and a new manse and garden built further south.
In 1841 a railway tunnel was built under a new southern section of the graveyard, dating from only 1834, to serve incoming trains to the new
In 1863 the entire churchyard was closed under order of the newly appointed
The churchyard is impressive, containing hundreds of monuments worthy of notice, including one to John Grant of
.One feature of oddness is at the west side of the churchyard, where Lothian Road has been widened over the churchyard (in 1930) by the City Architect, Ebenezer James MacRae, but due to its greater height over the churchyard, has been done so on pillars, so the graves still remain beneath the road surface. The eastern pavement therefore traverses these graves.
Noteworthy burials
- Henrie Nisbet of Dean (died 1592), buried beneath the church
- St Giles to build Parliament House)[9]
- Covenanter. He then served as a captain on the rebel side at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge (1679). He was restored as minister of St. Cuthberts in 1689 and then rose to be Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotlandin 1702.
- Charles Darwin (1758–1778), uncle of the naturalist Charles Darwin, was a talented medical student but fell ill and was buried in the Duncan family vault at the Chapel of Ease on the South side of the city, now known as the Buccleuch Parish Church Burying Ground.[10]
- Sir James Rocheid of Inverleith (1715–1787) (within the church)
- Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville (1739–1792)
- Alexander Murray, Lord Henderland (1736–1795), and his son, John Murray, Lord Murray (1778–1858), a huge monument north of the church.
- James Erskine, Lord Alva (1722–1796)
- The 15th Earl of Glencairn (1749–1796)
- FRSE (1736-1800) politician and co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburghin 1783
- Rev James MacKnight DD (1721–1800), religious author and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1769
- Edinburgh University
- Rev William Paul (1754–1802), Chaplain in Ordinary to George III(in church)
- Sir John Ogilvy of Inverquharity (1722-1802)
- Thomson Bonar (1739–1814), co-founder of Encyclopædia Britannica
- Richard Crichton (1771–1817), architect
- Adam Rolland of Gask (1734-1819), judge, and his grandson James Rolland
- Thomas Morison (1761–1820), builder of large sections of the Second New Town (north of Queen Street Gardens) and founder of Morison's Academy in Crieff.
- Dr Henry Dewar (1771–1823)
- Sir Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), artist
- Alexander Kennedy (physician) (1764-1827)
- Rear Admiral James Haldane Tait (1771-1845)
- Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829), composer
- Rev Andrew Mitchell Thomson DD (1779–1831)
- Thomas Allan (1777–1833), mineralogist
- George Watson (1767–1837), RSA artist, with his son William Smellie Watson (1796–1874), also an artist
- Rev Prof George Paxton (1762–1837)
- Mrs Anne Grant (1755–1838), poet and author
- Rev John Jamieson DD FRSE (1759–1838), antiquarian
- Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840), artist, architect, and inventor. His most notable painting is the much-copied portrait of Robert Burns. His son, James Nasmyth was also a prolific inventor, most famous for the steam hammer. His other son, Patrick Nasmyth continued the family line as an artist of note.
- John Abercrombie (physician) (1780–1844)
- Rev David Dickson(1780–1842)
- Sir Richard Honyman (1787–1842)
- Rev Robert Murray McCheyne (1813–1843)
- James Stevenson RSA, artist (1780–1844)
- George Meikle Kemp (1795–1844), master joiner, self-taught architect and designer of the Scott Monument.
- Rev David Welsh (1793–1845)
- Admiral James Haldane Tait (1771–1845)
- Andrew Combe (1797–1847), phrenologist
- John Stark FRSE(1811–1890)
- Rev Cpt James Haldane (1768–1851)
- Rev Prof John Lee (1779-1859)
- Susan Ferrier(1782-1854) author
- Patrick Robertson, Lord Robertson (1798–1855)
- William Home Lizars (1788–1859), engraver, and his brother John Lizars (1792-1860)
- Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859), author of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. An addict himself, he was an acknowledged influence on many later authors, but he himself has now slipped from fame. Of those crediting De Quincey with influencing them probably the most notable is Edgar Allan Poe.
- Rev Dr Henry Grey (1778–1859)
- Thomas Stewart Traill (1781–1862)
- William Tait (publisher) (1793-1864)
- James Pillans (1778–1864), educator
- James Frederick Ferrier (1808–1864), first epistemologist.
- George Aikman (1788–1865), engraver
- William Borthwick Johnstone RSA (1804–1865), first Keeper of the National Gallery of Scotland
- John Marshall, Lord Curriehill (1794–1868), law lord
- Elizabeth C. Clephane(1830–1869), hymnwriter
- William Penney, Lord Kinloch (1801–1872), law lord
- James Craufurd, Lord Ardmillan (1804–1876), law lord
- Dr FRSE(1808-1881), anatomist
- David Rhind (1808–1883), architect
- Duncan McLaren (1800–1886) MP and Lord Provost (with his son Walter McLaren MP (1853–1912))
- William Fettes Pitcairn (1804-1891), theological author
- FRSE(1818-1891) in charge of Edinburgh's gas lighting
- FRSE(1858–1914), physicist and geologist
- Sir Donald Crawford (1837–1919)
- Walter Biggar Blaikie (1847–1928), engineer, historian and astronomer
- Mabel Dawson RSW (1887–1965), artist
- The heart of Canadian sculptor Robert Tait McKenzie.
Ministers
Current ministers
The ministry team at St Cuthbert’s is led by The Reverend Peter Sutton, who was ordained and inducted into the charge on 1 June 2017. The Reverend Charles Robertson, retired minister of
Notable previous ministers
- Rev Robert Pont (1525–1606), clergyman and judge
- Rev David Williamson (1636–1706), Covenanter, buried in the central vaults, towards the south end
- Rev William Paul (1755–1803) monument in upper stair, buried in south-west
- Rev Sir Henry Moncrieff Wellwood(1749–1827), Moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1785 – buried on the north wall of the north section of the graveyard.
- Rev John Paul (1795–1873), nephew of Moncrieff Wellwood, grandson of William Paul, monument by William Brodie next to pulpit. Buried in the south-west with William Paul. The monument was erected by his son James Balfour Paul.
- Rev David Dickson, buried in the central vaults towards the church
- Very Rev FRSE, minister 1873-1910, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotlandin 1891
Through the 20th century many notable ministries were exercised in St Cuthbert’s including :
- The Very Reverend Norman Maclean minister at St Cuthberts 1915 to 1936, Moderator of the General Assembly 1927/28
- The Very Reverend William White Anderson - Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1951/52
- The Reverend Tom Cuthell – During the 31-year ministry of Tom Cuthell, a significant healing ministry was developed which continues to this day.
- The Reverend David Denniston
- The Reverend George MacLeod
- The Reverend Peter Neilson – It was also in the time of Tom Cuthell’s ministry that Reverend Peter Neilson served as associate and who convened an important special commission set up by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland whose eventual report (often entitled "Church Without Walls") had – and continues to exercise – a considerable influence on the thinking and development of the Church of Scotland in the early 21st century.
- The Very Reverend Leonard Small – Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1966–67
Regular services
Sundays
SUNDAYS | ||
9.30am | Holy Communion | Memorial Chapel |
11.00am | Morning Worship
(Sundays excluding last Sunday of month) |
Main Sanctuary with the choir and organ |
11.00am | Holy Communion
(last Sunday of the month) | |
6.00pm | Evening Worship | Memorial Chapel |
THURSDAYS | ||
1.00pm -
1.15pm |
Lunchtime Prayer Service | Memorial Chapel |
Bells
The staged tower contains a peal of 10 bells by Taylor of Loughborough hung for change ringing. They are in the key of E.
Ringing practices are held on Tuesday nights. Ringing for Sunday service is from 10:20 to 11:00 am.
Organ and organist
Mr Graham D Maclagan BMus(Hons) PGDE is currently the Director of Music.
Although St Cuthbert's was the mother church of no less than eight parish churches established during 1756–1869, it was the last parish church in the city to have a pipe organ.
Built in 1899 by Robert Hope-Jones of Birkenhead, the organ was a gift of the Gorgie MP, Robert Cox. St Cuthbert's first organist was John W. Cowie, and the original instrument was installed in two chambers on either side of the chancel.
When the internal fabric of the church was redecorated in 1928, the organ was restored and improved. Most of the 1899 pipe-work was re-incorporated to provide a summary of 29 speaking stops, 2 tremulants and 19 couplers, with a new electro-pneumatic action and the original four-manual console (keyboards) as before.
During 1956–57, the organ was completely reworked, with a number of tonal additions, and rebuilt by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd. The Great, Swell, Solo and Pedal were moved to the North Transept Gallery and provided with new case work designed by Messrs Ian G. Lindsay & Partners, Architects of Edinburgh.
The choir organ was re-sited in the upper north choir chamber in the original case work. The all-electric draw-stop console was placed opposite here, in the former solo chamber, and the original case work removed. The organ had 65 speaking stops and 18 couplers. It was re-dedicated by the Very Rev
After forty years of musical service the organ was again in need of attention, and Walker & Sons were called in for major reconstruction and improvement in 1997–98. Thanks to the legacies of two elders in St Cuthbert's, Janet Lusk and John Shepherd, the restoration was carried out to the specification of Colin Tipple – a previous organist – in consultation with David Sanger.
The opportunity was taken to replace the old choir organ with an entirely new organ which includes great, swell and pedal divisions playable from a completely revised, detached all-electric four-manual console. These divisions can be combined with the main organ in the north transept gallery. The new section not only provides accompaniment for the church choir but can be used as a separate instrument for services held in the chancel.
Both organ cases were retained without alteration. The chancel case – designed by Hippolyte Blanc, the architect of the church – only needed cleaning, while the north gallery case was restored and repolished. Between them they contain 114 display (visible) pipes. The reconstructed organ has 67 speaking stops, 3 tremulants, 20 couplers and 3 piston couplers, making a total of 93 registers.[citation needed]
Other organisations
Edinburgh City Centre Churches Together
St Cuthbert's is one of three churches which form Together, an ecumenical grouping in the New Town of Edinburgh. The others are
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The church is also used as a venue during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[12]
See also
- List of Church of Scotland parishes by presbytery
References
- ^ a b http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400071
- ^ "St Cuthbert's Website : The Kirk – 18th Century History". Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ "Site Record for Edinburgh, 33 Chapel Street, Buccleuch Parish Church Buccleuch Street And Chapel Street, Buccleuch Parish Church Prints". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ "Listed Building Report". Chapel Street, former Buccleuch Parish Church. Historic Scotland. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
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(help) - ^ City of Edinburgh Council: Planning records 2013
- ^ http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=200244
- ^ Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh , by Gifford McWilliam and Walker
- ^ a b c Parish Records
- ^ Monuments and monumental inscriptions in Scotland: The Grampian Society, 1871
- ^ Together Trust Archived 22 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "St Cuthbert's Parish Church". Edinburgh Guide. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- Gifford, John; McWilliam, Colin; Walker, David; Wilson, Christopher, The Buildings of Scotland – Edinburgh, ISBN 0-14-071068-X
- "St. Cuthbert's Parish Church – Edinburgh, Scotland". Sacred Destinations. Archived from the original on 28 December 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
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