Cranstoun Old Parish Church And Churchyard
Church (Period Unassigned), Churchyard (Period Unassigned), Cross Slab (Early Medieval), Font (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cranstoun Old Parish Church And Churchyard
Classification Church (Period Unassigned), Churchyard (Period Unassigned), Cross Slab (Early Medieval), Font (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Cranston Kirk; Oxenfoord Castle Policies
Canmore ID 53331
Site Number NT36NE 11
NGR NT 38741 65609
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53331
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Cranston
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT36NE 11 38741 65609 (NT 3874 6557 to NT 3875 6558)
(NT 3874 6557) Church (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map (1967)
For Oxenfoord Castle see, NT36NE 62.00 38816 65507.
Cranston parish church was built in 1788 on the site of the former church which was destroyed by fire. It was removed by the Earl of Stair about 1825, when the present church was erected nearby.
The original church was granted to Kelso by Hugh Riddell, the grant being confirmed by William the Lion (1165 x 78). It was later (1188 x 1200) given to St Andrews.
No trace of the church remains, but in the church-yard is a 12th c cross-slab (A Reid 1909), fractured, measuring 5'5" in length, 18" broad at the head, 10 1/2" at the foot and 9" thick. It is sculptured with a cross with two transverse limbs, semicircular in section and cable moulded. Reid also notes and illustrates a font, recovered from a midden; it measures 1'4" square by 1'2 1/2" high, with a basin 10 1/2" in diameter and 10" deep.
Name Book 1852; I B Cowan 1967; RCAHMS 1929
There are no remains of this church and no trace of the 12th c cross-slab. The font, which is as described, is at NT 3875 6558.
Visited by OS (BS) 23 October 1975.
