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Selkirk

The ruins of Selkirk Auld Parish Church are the remains of the last church on the site. Construction started in 1747 after a decision to demolish the previous larger building which had fell into disrepair, within the year the old building had been demolished and the new one constructed. The bell (visible above the gates) was fitted in 1848 and was originally found at the tollhouse.
By the 1850's the building had been repaired so many times it was decided to build an entirely new building on another site, by 1861 the old building was vacated and the roof removed leaving the building much as it appears today.
Internally there are traces of the former buildings, stones from the mid 16th century can be seen built into the walls, after entering the building there is an aisle to the left called the Murray Aisle where the ancestors of American President Franklin D Roosevelt are commemerated.

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