St Michael’s Church, Buckhaven

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Title

St Michael’s Church, Buckhaven

Description

In 1901 a Church of Scotland ‘chapel at ease’ was established to serve the inhabitants of Buckhaven. Constructed in St Michael’s Street, it became a full parish church in 1929, and was known as Buckhaven Parish Church until 1972 when there was a union between Buckhaven’s three Church of Scotland charges (St Michael’s, St Andrew’s and St David’s) to form Buckhaven Parish Church. At that date it was found to need extensive repairs and the decision was taken to demolish it. Private residences were then erected on the site and no signs of the church remain, although its baptismal font can be found in the grounds of Buckhaven and Wemyss Parish Church (St David’s).

Source

sacredlandscapesoffife

Contributor

tt27@st-andrews.ac.uk

Type

Site

Identifier

234

Date Submitted

15/11/2021

Date Modified

11/29/2021 12:31:39 pm

References

1. Frank Rankin, Auld Buckhyne. A Short History of Buckhaven (East Wemyss, 1986) 2. ‘St Michael’s Parish, Wemyss, Fife’, Places of Worship in Scotland, Accessed 8 November, 2021, http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/10481/name/St.+Michael%27s+Parish+Church+Wemyss+Fife

Extent

cm x cm x cm

Spatial Coverage

current,56.17239222692414,-3.034107684870833;

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St Michael’s Church, Buckhaven

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Institutional nature

Building

Prim Media

505

Denomination

Church of Scotland

Citation

“St Michael’s Church, Buckhaven,” Virtual Museum, accessed May 14, 2025, https://fifecoastalzone.org/omeka/items/show/490.

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