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Main Street, Athelstaneford, Church of Scotland
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Church of Scotland,
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Athelstaneford
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By 2022, the church had become part of an extended parish, Traprain, comprising Athelstaneford, Whitekirk, Tyninghame, Prestonkirk & Stenton.
From the Canmore databse : "A church was built in Athelstaneford in 1176 and continued in use until 1780 (T O Duncan 1934). A new church was built about 1784 and was replaced by the present church in 1868. In 1854 part of the original church formed the burial vault of the Kinloch family."
OPRs (Old Parish Registers) are available from 1664 for both Births and Marriages. "This record seems to have been kept with care" (NRS)
It is located at NT5329777341 (Lat/Lon 55.986756, -2.750145). You can see this on maps provided by:
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Details of the inscriptions on the "stone of remembrance" can be found in the IWM database.