Langholm, Old Parish Church And Burial-ground
Burial Ground (18th Century) - (19th Century), Church (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Site Name Langholm, Old Parish Church And Burial-ground
Classification Burial Ground (18th Century) - (19th Century), Church (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) High Street
Canmore ID 67683
Site Number NY38SE 4
NGR NY 36515 84623
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67683
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Langholm
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY38SE 4 36515 84623.
(NY 3650 8462) Church (NR) (Rems of)
OS 6" map (1957).
For present parish church (NY 3615 8445), see NY38SE 88.
Langholm's first parish church was built in 1703. It was rebuilt (on the same site) in 1747 and 1779. It became disused when the present church was built in 1846 (at NY 3615 8445) and now only the W gable remains.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1843 (W B Shaw); J and R Hyslop 1912; D J Beattie 1950
The decaying remains of the church stand in the disused churchyard above Langholm High Street. The NW wall is 11.8m long but its line is interrupted by a burial vault and its south end is now lost. A short length of walling, which could be part of the SE wall may, in fact, be modern. A 3.8m long, 4.0m high section of the SW wall also survives. Surveyed at 1:2500
Visited by OS (MJF), 25 September 1979.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish Records Office
GD 224/655/3-7
3-6.
Duke of Buccleuch referring to the proposed new church building at Langholm.
1777
7.
Draft of reply (by Keir) on the church.
8 May 1777
Note (1997)
NY38SE 4 3650 8462.
Listed as church and burial-ground.
RCAHMS 1997.
Watching Brief (12 June 2017 - 21 June 2017)
NY 36515 84623 The Kirk Wynd Cemetery Wall forms the SE wall of the cemetery at Langholm Old Parish Church and Burial Ground in Langholm. A watching brief was undertaken, 12 – 21 June 2017, during the demolition of a 30m section of the cemetery wall, plus the removal of five headstones, that were located adjacent to and incorporated into the wall.
The work revealed that the cemetery wall had been subject to previous fairly modern repairs, with the presence of cement within some areas of the wall making these areas difficult to demolish by hand. The soil located immediately behind the wall had also clearly been disturbed, as during the removal of the headstones and demolition of the wall it was found to contain fragments of modern pottery, glass bottles and plastic. This indicates that the wall had probably been subject to previous significant repair.
Archive: NRHE. Report: Dumfries and Galloway HER
Funder: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Claire Shaw – Rebecca Shaw Archaeological Services
(Source: DES Vol 19)
OASIS ID: rebeccas1-396525
