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Leslie, Christ's Church
Church (13th Century)
Site Name Leslie, Christ's Church
Classification Church (13th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Leslie, Old Parish Church; Christ's Kirk-on-the-green
Canmore ID 29952
Site Number NO20SE 14
NGR NO 2558 0207
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29952
- Council Fife
- Parish Leslie (Kirkcaldy)
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NO20SE 14 2558 0207
(NO 2558 0207) Christ's Church (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1947)
The church, rebuilt on the present site in 1820 (see NO20SE 54), is called Christ's Kirk-on-the-Green and was mentioned in charters in 1239 and 1263. No vestige of the original structure, which is supposed to have been in use down to 1800, remains, but the site is well known to the inhabitants of the town.
NSA 1845 (J Nicol); Name Book 1854; H Scott (Fasti Eccles) 1950.
As described.
Visited by OS (JP) 19 June 1974.
Following on from work carried out previously (DES 1999, 45), surveys were made of several churchyards in Fife.
NO 2558 0207 185 memorials were recorded. A study was also made of related documentation including burial register and death records.
Reports have been lodged with Fife Council Archaeology Unit and the NMRS.
Sponsors: Fife Council Archaeology Unit, Fife Family History Society, RCAHMS.
S Farrell 2000.
