Elie Parish Records
A church was built and endowed in Elie by William
Scott of Ardross, trustee of his father, Sir William Scott of Elie. It
was opened on 17 April 1639, but ministry is recorded from 1622. The
parish of Elie was disjoined from Kilconquhar on 11 September 1641. The
steeple was built by Sir John Anstruther of Anstruther in 1726. On
Earlsferry point there was a hospital or hostel to which probably a
chapel was attached, founded by Duncan, Earl of Fife, who died in 1154.
After the foundation of Elie Free Church in 1844 (later known as Elie
Wood Memorial), the parish became known as Elie Old. Elie Old and Elie
Wood Memorial united in 1949 to form Elie, which in turn was linked
with Kilconquhar and Colinsburgh on 24 April 1977.
Elie Church - 350 years,
1639 - 1989 by David Thomson is available from the Fife Family History Society.
A new church was erected in 1887 and called Elie New 'Wood Memorial
Church'. Wood Memorial Church united with Elie Old Church of Scotland
on 5 June 1949. Elie was linked with Kilconquhar and Colinsburgh on 24
April 1977
At the Special
Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library, with digital copies of the earlier volumes at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- Elie Kirk Session
CH2/1581
Kirk Session Minutes with Accounts, 1639-1653; Minutes, 1653-1949;
Account Books and Cash Books, 1704-1972; Marriage Proclamation
Register, 1932-1949; Misc. papers.
At the Special
Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library:
- Elie Free Church
CH3/1617
Free Kirk Session Minutes, 1844-1949; Deacons' Court minutes,
1896-1927; Account Book, 1901-1935; Communion Roll, 1853; Photographs,
1880-1886; Inventory, 1940, Disjunction certificate books, 1932, 1944;
miscellaneous papers and correspondence; plans of church, 1899.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- GD1/27/40
Elie Church
Seat rents at Elie Church: (a) Empty cover endorsed '
Decreet: Mr James Wilson against the feuars of Elie for payment of
their seat rents. 3d Aprile 1741'. (b) List of outstanding seat rents
in the church of Elie, c 1744. (c) List of resting seat rents in the
church of Elie for the period preceding Whitsunday 1749.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- HR/253
Elie parish heritors' records
Minutes, 1855-1930; Accounts, 1887-1930; Papers relating to buildings,
1905; Papers relating to transference to Church of Scotland, 1926-1929.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- VR28
Valuation Rolls: Earlsferry Burgh
1855-1930; the Roll from 1930 is included in the Valuation Roll for the
County of Fife
- B/24
Elie and Earlsferry Burgh Records
Register of sasines, 1696-1959; Register of sasines minutes,
1822-1959.
At the Fife
Council Archive Centre, Markinch:
- FCC/6/25
Elie Parochial Board / Parish Council
Minute books, 1893-1930.
At the Fife
Council Archive Centre, Markinch:
- Elie Primary School
Log books, 1864-1927; School Board Minutes 1873-1919.
- Elie Infant School
Log books, 1875-1880.
- Elie Williamsburgh School
Log books, 1873-1908.
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At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- B/24
Elie and Earlsferry Burgh Records
1696-1959, including: Register of sasines, 1696-1959; Register of
sasines minutes, 1822-1959.
At the Special
Collections Dept. of St
Andrews University Library:
- B/24
Elie and Earlsferry Burgh Records
Earlsferry: Council minutes, 1742-1929; Elie and Earlsferry: Council
minutes, 1929-1975 (with Dean of Guild Court minutes, 1929-1952);
Police commissioners minutes, 1900-1901; Cash books, 1806-1831,
1848-1885; Abstracts of accounts, 1909-1930 and undated; Licensing
register, 1901-1903; Housing minutes, 1930-1954; Dean of Guild Court:
register of proceedings, 1929-1937; Index to register of plans,
1895-1975; Elie, Liberty and Williamsburgh: Town Council minutes,
1901-1929; Police commissioners minutes, 1864-1904.
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