Elie, High Street, Parish Church
Church (18th Century)
Site Name Elie, High Street, Parish Church
Classification Church (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Park Place; Elie Parish Church
Canmore ID 32571
Site Number NO40SE 27
NGR NO 49156 00110
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/32571
- Council Fife
- Parish Elie
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
This T plan church was built in 1639 and its tower was added in 1726. The church lies east to west, the long axis with the tower facing south towards Elie High Street. It is in a walled graveyard which surrounds the church to the south, east and west and is probably of a similar age to the church. It has been in use until very recently. Features of interest include a carved octagonal font which was removed from Wood Memorial Church prior to its demolition in the 1960s.
Information from the Places of Worship in Scotland Project
For more information, see:
http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/1109/
NO40SE 27.00 49156 00110
NO40SE 27.01 NO 49160 00071 Churchyard Gateway, Wall and Session House
NO40SE 27.02 NO 49171 00089 Churchyard (including Mural Monument)
For (associated) manse (NO 49307 00016), see NO40SE 302.
(NO 4915 0010) The parish church of Elie stands in the burial ground in the middle of the town. It was built about 1641 but was ruinous by 1670. The steeple was built in 1726 and the church underwent a complete repair in 1831.
D H Fleming 1886.
In normal use.
Visited by OS (JP), 12 June 1974.
NO40SE 27.00 49156 00110
NMRS Print Room
Elie, High Street, Parish Church
Tower seen from the churchyard
W Schomberg Scott Photograph Collection
Acc No 1997/39
