Location : Old Forgan Church
= Property still standing
Notes:
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.422577,-2.900169
View location on the 1855 6-inch map, the 1895 25-inch map, the 1914 25-inch map, the 1966-73 25-inch map, or a 1944-50 aerial photograph at the National Library of Scotland website.
1854 Ordnance Survey Name Book Entry (originals at ScotlandsPlaces) (more information on the O.S. Name Books page)
| List of names to be corrected if necessary | Orthography, as recommended to be used in the new plans | Other modes of spelling the name | Authorities for these other modes of spelling when known | Situation | Descriptive remarks or other general observations which may be considered of interest | Source |
| Church (in ruins) | St Fillan's or Forgan Church (Ruins of) | Church (in Ruins); Church (in Ruins | James Buist Kirktonbarns; Mr. Smith Parish School | Upwards of 1/4 of a mile S.W. of Kirktonbarns farmhouse. | A ruin in the centre of Forgan burial ground. It was the parish church till about the year 1838 when it became untenable in consequence of which the present church was built. The [whole of the - deleted] walls are still entire but it is considered that they will not be long so, as the stones of the building are a selling to different persons. This church at one time belonged to the priory of St. Andrews at which time it was called St. Fillans. [Notes: ] "This parish was also anciently called St. Phillans from the church having been dedicated to that Saint" - Leightons Hist. of Fife. "Forgan, alias St. Phillans is the name of the parish on the Communion cups made in the year 1652 it is spelled Forgon." Old Stat. Acct. Vol 16 p.88. "This parish is named Forgan or St. Phillans." (New Stat. Acct. of Fife page 505.) [Added in red: ] From all the written accounts it appears that the old parish church was dedicated to St. Fillan and also that the name in ancient times was applied to the parish. The spelling St. Fillan appears to be the proper mode of spelling as it is spelled so in all the accounts of the saints life also in the writings of Sir Walter Scott and also in the Old Stat. Acct. in referring to the many churches that were dedicated to the Saint. | OS1/13/34/23 |
Information and Photographs on Other Sites (open in a new window)
| Forgan Old Church source: Newport History Group |
| Forgan source: The Place-Names of Fife, by Simon Taylor with Gilbert Markus, University of Glasgow (see a map of all the placenames in Forgan parish.) |
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
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House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
| Old Forgan Church |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 2 entries
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| 1837 Pigot dir | Nairn, Rev Charles, clergyman, Forgan | location 2 | |
| 1825 Pigot dir | Maule Rev. Alexander, D.D., minister, Forgan Established Church |
Census records
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Valuation Roll entries
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Early Sasines:
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