- Humbie Parish Church
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minister = Rev Malcolm Lyon
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organist = Calum Wyllie
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coordinates =Humbie Parish Church is a church in
Humbie East Lothian ,Scotland . It is part of the Church of Scotland, and is a linked charge which combines the parishes of Bolton & Saltoun, Yester and Humbie.The church lies approximately 750 yards to the
north of the village centre.History and design
. The pre-Reformation parishes of Keith Symons and Keith Hundeby were combined in 1618 to form the combined parishes of Keith and Humbie.
The present building dates to 1800. At the time of the Scottish Disruption in 1843, the minister led the congregation out of the church to worship in the open, rather than accept the principle of Patronage (whereby a congregation could not choose its own minister, but was forced to accept the patronage of the local
Laird ). It would be over fifty years before reconciliation took place in the union of the Free Church and the United Presbyterian Church wit the Church of Scotland in 1929. A minority of the original Free Church of Scotland remained outside of this union.Alterations were made in 1866 by
David Bryce , and in 1932 achancel was added. At this time the church was re-orientated to match liturgical east with geographical east.In 1950 the original plain glass east window was replaced with a design by
Douglas Strachan , illustrating scenes from the life of KingDavid .Music
At one time a
Precentor led the singing in the church until, in 1906, anharmonium was introduced. Today, the music is led by a small one-manualpipe organ , which came from the Norwegian Seamen's Church inLeith ,Edinburgh in 1988.See also
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Humbie
*Yester Parish Church
*List of Church of Scotland parishes
*List of places in East Lothian References
* "Humbie Parish Church - Leaflet for Visitors", by Revd Thomas Coupar, Humbie, 2002
External links
* [http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/contact/contactmap03.htm#H Humbie Parish Church at the Church of Scotland directory]
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