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 ScotlandsPeople
Centre, Edinburgh but not online:
- 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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information and are not on open access. If you are a former pupil you
are entitled to see your own entry. Please contact the Archivist for
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William McM.
Owen : last updated
27 December 2008
