Kingdom of Fife

Abbotshall

Abbotshall Parish Records - work in progress

Church History

There is more information about some churches on the Dysart and Kirkcaldy pages.

An authoritative book is Kirkcaldy's Churches, 1999, Kirkcaldy Civic Society, ISBN 0946294178, available from Fife Family History Society. The much briefer historical notes below were provided by the Scottish Archive Network (SCAN).

• Abbotshall Kirk Session:

The kirk session of Abbotshall was first formed in 1650 when it was disjoined from the parish of Kirkcaldy. Ministry at Abbotshall is recorded from the same year in the person of Patrick Wemyss. The name of the new parish was derived from the fact that one of the Abbots of Dunfermline was reputed to have built a summer house on the site where the church now stands. Kirkcaldy Abbotshall was united with Kirkcaldy Raith in 1962 under the name of Kirkcaldy Abbotshall. Abbotshall Kirk Session sits within the Presbytery of Kirkcaldy and formerly the Synod of Fife.

• Abbotshall Free and United Free Church:

Kirkcaldy, Abbotshall Free Church was formed at the Disruption, when the minister and a large part of the congregation adhered to the free Church. It passed successively to the United Free Church and the Church of Scotland, in the latter case as Kirkcaldy Abbotsrood Hayfield. The church was later sold and a hall-church provided by the Church Extension Scheme (dedicated 1950). It united with Kirkcaldy Dunnikier under that name in 1967. The Church of Scotland charge was in the presbytery of Kirkcaldy and the synod of Fife.

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Church Records

At the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:

• CH2/225
  Abbotshall Kirk Session
  Minutes, 1650-1660, 1764-1789 and 1793-1939; Accounts, 1710-1731, 1758-1765, 1769-1845, 1923-1935 and 1938-1946; Minutes of Bible Society, 1823-1831; Book of Correspondence, 1847-1856; Minute book of Weaver's Loft; Baptisms, 1887-1911; Proclamations, 1855-1961; Seat Rent Accounts, 1912-1932; Communion Roll, 1931-1955; Minute book of Churchyard Committee, 1926-1951; Churchyard Accounts, 1871-1900 and 1938-1953; Churchyard burial certificate book, 1924-1947 and 1952-1953; Women's Guild minutes, 1924-1951; Women's Guild. List of members, 1925-1926, 1947-1948 and 1951-1954.

  An index of names and a partial transcription of the Kirk Session Minutes for 1793 - 1812 has been published by the Fife Family History Society in their Publication 21.

• CH3/1142
  Abbotshall Free Church, United Free
  Minutes, 1843-1901; Deacons' court minutes, 1882-1914; Baptismal register, 1876-1887; Communion roll, 1878-1928; Accounts, 1887-1910.

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Court Records

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Heritors' Records

At the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:

• HR/237
  Abbotshall parish heritors' records
  Minutes, 1876-1928; Accounts, 1876-1928.

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Land & Property

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Occupations

At the Kirkcaldy Museum, War Memorial Gardens, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY1 1YG:

• Incorporation of Tailors of Linktown of Abbotshall
  Minute book, c.1700-1722; account book, 1721-1845; miscellaneous papers, accounts etc

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Parochial Board  /  Parish Council Records

At the Fife Council Archive Centre, Markinch:

• B/Kdy
  Abbotshall Parochial Board
  Minutes and letter books, 1846-1901

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School Records

At the Fife Council Archive Centre, Markinch:

• Abbotshall Public School
  Log books, 1891-1916.

• Abbotshall Infants School
  Log books, 1891-1934.

• Chapel Primary School
  Log books, 1863-1963.

• Abbotshall Public School
  Log books, 1891-1916.

• Abbotshall School Board
  Minute Books 1873-1919.

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Taxation

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Town Records

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Voting Registers

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Data provided by the  Scottish Archive Network (SCAN)

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