Talk:Kirkcudbrightshire Towns and Villages U

Urr

Burnside United Free Church is now Blair House flats. It was originally the United Presbyterian Church. It closed sometime late 1920's/early 1930's. It has also been used in the past as a militart/drill hall, school meals facility and latterly a Boys Club. There was a mural by the famous artist Jessie M. King which was removed for safekeeping to Kirkcudbright Museum.

St Peter’s Churchbuilt from pink granite for Roman Catholic congregation in 1816 was sightly different in appearance to the building of today, the addition of the tower during 1850 using a grey granite resulted in the building as it appears to the present day visitor.

Christ Church (Episcopal Church in Scotland) is sometimes called The English Church and The Quarrymen’s Church due to it having been built for men incoming to the area and working at the granite quarries around town who required an Anglican service.

Dalbeattie Parish Church (Church of Scotland). Sometimes called Craignair Church because while there were 2 Church of Scotland churches in town, they had to have different names.It was at the same time that Park Church became so named.

Park Church (Baptist) but formerly the Free Church of Scotland then Colliston United Free Church and then Church of Scotland from the late 1920's till the congregation merged with that of Craignair Church which is now known as Dalbeattie Parish Church.

Evangelical Union Congregational Church is now a private house. It has also been known in the past as The Morisonian Church. The building was latterly used as a Scout Hall.

Cameronian Meeting House is now a private house. Note the chimneys at each corner in the image, a remnant of the Cameronian way of posting lookouts in all directions to protect the worshippers in the centre.
In 1842 the building was purchased from the Cameronians and became a Chapel of Ease for Urr Church. However, in 1843 after the Disruption, the majority of the congregation and the minister seceded to the Free Church of Scotland, leaving a small minority remaining with the Church of Scotland. For a while, these two congregations disputed the rights to the building. The majority party later became Colliston Free Church (now known as Park Church) and the minority became Dalbeattie Parish Church (once know as Craignair Church).

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