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Yetholm

The site Yetholm Parish Church was once home to a low building and described (in 1837) as lately being the oldest thatched church within Sotland. The current building was constructed during 1837, described by Rutherford in 1866 as a turreted structure built of squared blue whinstone pricked out with white cement, is in a style of excellent taste and keeping with its surrounding scenery. Little has been changed externally, the main modifications being internal (1930's and 1980's). A more recent description of the church attributed to Charles Strang gives a slightly different description ' "Gloomy Gothic style, whin rubble with sandstone dressings. Minor addition c1900, interior altered, c1935 and then c1980. Still no lightness of touch"

Yetholm St James' Church The first building (erected in 1786), providing seating for around 600. It was rebuilt in 1882 on the same site and remained in use until the two parish churches united in 1940. The building stands on the road to Kirk Yetholm, it was sold in the 1950's and is now used for storage purposes.

Yetholm Border View Church came about when around 200 members of the St James Church congregation split and formed a new Burgher Church in 1815, initially meeting in a brewery building in the village, donated ground allowed the building of their new church. In 1818 a building for 470 was completed just across the street from St James' Church. In 1842 the two churches reunited, and in 1852 they joined up with the Free Church to become the Yetholm Border View United Presbyterian Church. A new church was built on the same site during 1881, and continued in use until 1914, further re-unification of the churches placed the congregation back in the St James' building.

Yetholm Evangelic Gospel Mission was formed in the early 1930's, meetings were held in a small corrugated iron building close to the Square.

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