Church of Scotland – Charges and Congregations

Kenneth DF Walker

Appendix A: as at 1945

Church of Scotland Charges/Congregations
Former Presbytery of Dalkeith
As at 1945
Charge Minister Degrees Ordained Inducted Com.
Bonnyrigg Oliver Dryer MA 1910 1929 491
Borthwick Andrew Clark Orr MA 1920 1926 264
Carlops W. Francis Bruce 1904 86
Carrington John G. Green MA, LRCP & S 1931 177
Cockpen William Welsh 1939 1942 698
Cranstoun S. Stephen Walker MA 1896 1912 308
Crichton Stevenson MacNab MA 1902 246
Dalkeith – Buccleuch Street James A. Ewing MA 1916 1934 389
Dalkeith – St John’s & King’s Park George Galbraith MA, BD 1903 1921 569
Dalkeith – St Nicholas W.A. Dunnett OBE 1903 1124
Dalkeith – West D.D. Robertson MA 1919 1927 367
Fala & Soutra James A Stephen MA 1909 1916 187
Ford Vacant 145
Glencorse Donald McAskill Begbie 1913 1928 376
Gorebridge -St Paul’s John W Waddell MA 1939 313
Stobhill William C Clark MA 1924 1941 718
Heriot J. Wilson Muggoch BD 1911 1936 198
Howgate R.H. Glendinning MA 1919 1928 184
Lasswade – Old D. Graham Lyle MA 1932 1940 607
Lasswade – Strathesk Vacant 1945 358
Loanhead – East John B. Herriot 1943 476
Loanhead – West Wm. S. Grant MA, STM 1936 782
Musselburgh – Bridge Street Vacant 315
Musselburgh – High Charles Summers BD 1906 1926 517
Inveresk David Stiven MC, BD 1925 1937 2516
Smeaton Mission Linked to Inveresk to 1969 then demolished
Wallyford Mission – later St. clement’s Linked to Inveresk to 1987 then linked with St Ninian’s, Musselburgh
Millhill Murray Donaldson MA 1939 1942 444
Northesk Donald W. Mackay MA 1923 1941 1303
Newbattle J.A. Hamilton BD, PhD 1917 1922 793
Newton Ian A. Auld MA 1935 1938 478
Newtongrange Donald R. Fraser BD 1944 793
Penicuik – North Ewen Cameron 1931 1940 551
Penicuik – St Mungo’s Stewart Cooper BD 1936 1088
Penicuik – South Ian W.M. Taylor MA 1940 552
Rosewell James Mathers OBE, BD 1920 1927 431
Roslin Thomas McGinn DCM 1924 1933 568
Temple Alfred E. Fee BA 1914 1935 182
Damhead & Bilston Vacant

 

Former Presbytery of Haddington and Dunbar
As at 1945
Charge Minister Degrees Ordained Inducted Com.
Aberlady Thomas Caldwell BD, PhD 1909 1914 535
Athelstaneford Alex. D. Thomson 1944 312
Belhaven A.J.C. Ritchie BD 1911 1927 597
Bolton & Saltoun R. Ninian Paisley MA 1921 1928 420
Cockburnspath D. Frank Philip 1936 485
Cockenzie – Chalmers Memorial Henry B. Lawson MA 1942 416
Cockenzie – Old Thomas Osborne 1923 1943 370
Dirleton H.O. Wallace MA 1922 1928 414
Dunbar – Abbey F.M. Musk BA 1928 1944 294
Dunbar – Old Alex. W. Sawyer BD 1928 1938 993
Garvald V.C. Rennie MA, BSc 1939 166
Gladsmuir Wm. Reid Wiseman BD 1909 1914 633
Gullane Eric M. Rule BD 1931 1937 492
Haddington – St Mary’s Wm J. Forbes BD 1910 1913 1622
Haddington – West Robin I. Mitchell MA 1933 1939 433
Humbie R.J. Bain MA 1915 1938 315
Innerwick Alex. A. Morrison BD 1939 351
Longniddry J. Ford McLeod BD 1920 1940 262
Morham J.M. Urquhart MA 1942 115
North Berwick – Abbey A. Taylor Mackenzie BD 1937 464
North Berwick – Blackadder A. Crichton Barr MA 1931 1938 474
North Berwick – St Andrew’s R. Doughty Lion BD 1920 1928 809
Oldhamstocks David Smith MA, PhD 1921 1942 87
Ormiston W.Y. Whitehead BD 1914 1924 486
Pencaitland George G. Morgan MA 1925 312
Prestonkirk (East Linton) – Old R. Clayton Corrie BD 1911 1916 789
Prestonkirk (East Linton) – St Andrew’s J. henderson Edgar MA 1907 1920 309
Prestonpans – Grange Kenneth MacLennan BD 1904 1928 432
Prestonpans – Preston R. Nichol Bell BD 1934 1938 969
Spott Lothian Gray MA 1889 107
Stenton Hugh S. Mackenzie BD, PhD 1905 1916 330
Tranent – Old J.B.P.Bulloch BD 1939 1942 752
Tranent – Elphinstone Vacant
Tranent – Wishart St Andrew’s James M. Clyde MA 1928 1937 412
Whitekirk & Tyninghame J.T. Soutar MA 1913 1917 411
Whittingehame Marshall B. Lang TD, DD 1895 1918 165
Whittingehame James A. Laing (C & S) MA 1940
Yester John Cumming MA 1917 1920 317

Note:

  1. The abbreviation C & S signifies Colleague and Successor
  2. The heading Com. Signifies number of Communicant members

Appendix B: as at 2000

Church of Scotland Charges/Congregations in 2000
Presbytery of Lothian
Charge Minister Degrees Ordained Inducted Com.
Aberlady l/w Gullane Vacant 349
Athelstaneford l/w
Whitekirk & Tyninghame		 Kenneth D.F. Walker MA,BD 1976 222
Belhaven l/w Spott Laurence H. Twaddle MA,BD,MTh 1977 1978 822
Bolton & Saltoun l/w
Humbie l/w Yester		 Donald Pirie LTh 1975 1999 252
Bonnyrigg John Mitchell LTH, C Min 1991 946
Borthwick l/w Newtongrange Vacant 92
Cockenzie & Port Seton – Chalmers Memorial Robert L. Glover B Mus, BD, ARCO 1971 1997 348
Cockenzie & Port Seton – Old Vacant 465
Cockpen & Carrington l/w Wendy F. Drake (Mrs) BD 1978 1992 359
Lasswade l/w Rosewell 385
Cranstoun, Crichton & Ford Peter M. Gardner MA, BD 1988 1989 324
l/w Fala and Soutra 87
Dalkeith – St John’s and King’s Park Alistair K. Ridland MA, BD 1982 1988 642
Dalkeith – St Nicholas’ Buccleuch J. Edward Andrews MA, BD, Dip CG 1985 1991 681
Direlton l/w North Berwick: Abbey David J. Graham B Sc, BD, PhD 1982 1998 292
Dunbar Vacant
Dunglass Anne R. Lithgow (Mrs) MA, BD 1992 1994 383
Garvald and Morham l/w Cameron Mackenzie BD 1997 48
Haddington:West 460
Gladsmuir l/w Longniddry A. Graham Black MA 1964 1973 273
Glencorse l/w Roslin James A. Manson LTh 1981 377
Gorebridge Mark S.Nicholas MA, BD 1999 484
Gullane See Aberlady 522
Haddington: St Mary’s Clifford E. Hughes MA, BD 1993 868
Haddington: West See Garvald & Morham 460
Howgate l/w Penicuik South Frank Ribbons MA, BD, Dip Ed 1985 42
Humbie l/w Bolton & Saltoun See Bolton & Saltoun 120
Lasswade See Cockpen & Carrington 385
Loanhead Vacant 640
Longnidry See Gladsmuir 474
Musselburgh – Northesk Alison P.Mathieson (Mrs) MA, BD 1991 1998 475
Musselburgh – St Andrew’s High Violet C.C. McKay (Mrs) BD 1988 1999 512
Musselburgh – St Clement’s and St Ninian’s Moira McDonald (Mrs) MA, BD 1997 412
Musselburgh – St Michael’s Inveresk Andrew B. Dick BD, DipMin 1986 1999 599
Newbattle Jared W. Hay BA, MTh,DipMin 1987 1989 585
Newton Vacant 393
Newtongrange See Borthwick 284
North Berwick – Abbey See Dirleton 445
North Berwick – St Andrew Blackadder Edward C. McKenna BD, DPS 1989 826
Ormiston l/w Pencaitland Mark Malcolm MA, BD 1999 193
Pencaitlnd See Ormiston 285
Penicuik – North John W. Fraser MA,BD,MTh 1974 1982 707
Penicuik – St Mungo’s William D. Irving LTh 1985 581
Penicuik – South See Howgate 346
Prestonpans: Prestongrange Robert R. Simpson BA, BD 1994 468
Rosewell See Cockpen & Carrington 225
Roslin See Glencorse 417
Spott See Belhaven 101
Tranent Thomas M. Hogg BD 1986 445
Traprain Howard J. Haslett BA, BD 1972 2000 693
Whitekirk & Tyninghame See Athelstaneford 184
Yester See Bolton and Saltoun 354

Note:

  1. The abbreviation l/w signifies linked with
  2. The heading Com. Signifies number of Communicant members