Cults Parish Records
The church of Cults (Fife) belonged to the College of St
Salvators, St Andrews, prior to the Reformation. A minister is first
recorded in 1563. The current church was built in 1793 and enlarged in 1835.
It was in the Presbytery of Cupar and Synod of Fife. In 1963 the
congregation was linked to that of Kettle. In 1983 the congregations of
Collessie and Ladybank, and Cults and Kettle were united under the name Howe
of Fife.
- Kettle Free church, Kettle and Cults United Free, Balmalcolm Church of
Scotland:
Kettle and Cults Free Church was formed at the Disruption by adherents in
the two parishes, who built a church on the border between them, about a
mile from Kingskettle. It passed successively to the United Free Church and
the Church of Scotland, in the latter case as Balmalcolm, which almost
immediately united with Kettle East and Kettle West as Kettle in 1930. The
UFC charge was in the presbytery of Cupar and the synod of Fife and Angus.
At the Special Collections Dept. of St
Andrews University Library:
- CH2/1160
Cults Kirk Session
Minutes, 1926-1983; Minutes of Congregational Committee, 1900; Notebook, with
occasional receipts, newspaper cutting relating to fire at manse, 1926;
Minutes of committee for testimonial to Mrs Forbes, 1900; Notes of income
and expenditure, 1904-1905; Communion roll, 1963-1978; Cash book, 1845-1903,
1926-1961; List of ministers of Cults from Reformation to 1936; Minutes of
ladies' work party, 1937-1942; Women's Guild, 1943, 1953-1959; Former
Women's Guild, 1950; Guild committee, 1953-1958.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- CH2/1160
Cults Kirk Session (Fife)
Proclamation register, 1926-1977.
- CH3/1066
Kettle Free church, Kettle and Cults United Free, Balmalcolm Church of
Scotland
Minutes, 1843-1930; Deacons' court: minutes, 1879-1930, accounts, 1858-1930;
Collections, 1908-1930; Communion roll, 1893-1930; Cash book, 1914-1930.
Included in the Old Parochial Registers on microfilm and
at the General Register Office
for Scotland,Edinburgh:
- 419/1
Cults Kirk Session
Minutes and Accounts 1726-1751
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- HR/182
Cults parish heritors' records
Minutes, 1845- 1887; Cash book, 1845-1928; Papers relating to buildings,
1903-1916; Correspondence, 1905-1918.
At the Fife Council Archive Centre,
Markinch:
- FCC/6/20
Cults Parish Council
Minute books, 1845-1930.
At the Fife Council Archive Centre,
Markinch:
- Cults School Board
Minute books, 1904-1919.
- Cults Public School / Pitlessie Primary School
Log books, 1873-2001; Admissions Registers, 1875-2001.
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William McM. Owen
: Last updated:
04 March 2006
