Kirriemuir kirk session, Minutes (1716-1744), CH2/1302/1

Kirk sessions are local church courts, the lowest courts in the Church of Scotland and other presbyterian churches. The records of kirk session meetings, decisions and transactions are normally hand-written.

Kirriemuir kirk session

A church court that sat within the presbytery of Forfar, later of Angus and Mearns, later of Angus, and the synod of Angus and Mearns. The old parish church at Kirriemuir was dedicated to St Mary and in 1201–1207 was granted to the Abbey of Arbroath. Ministry of the session is recorded from 1567. Part of the parish was removed in 1870 to form the quoad sacra parish of Kirriemuir – South, and another part in 1874 to form the quoad sacra parish of Glenprosen.

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