Ancrum Old Parish Church
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Ancrum Old Parish Church is situated just over half a mile north west of the village of Ancrum in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B4600 road leading off the A68. The village of Ancrum is
Ruins of Old Ancrum Kirk
West gable of Old Ancrum Kirk
'New'Ancrum Kirk
John Livingstone (minister)
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John Livingstone was a Scottish minister. A supporter of the Scottish Reformation, he refused to follow the episcopal church of the king of England, and preached as a Covenanter. At certain times in h
Ancrum Old Parish Church
…repaired. The church, in later years, was alternatively known as "The Livingston Church" in memory of the most notable of all the clerics at Ancrum, the Rev. John Livingston (1603–1672). Livingston was part of the commission sent to Breda in the Netherlands in 1660 to meet King Charles II of England and Scotland, to make…
Portrait by Frans Hals
Two flocks at Kirk o Shotts, where around 500 were affected by a 2-and-a-half-hour Livingstone sermon in the rain.
Emigrants memorial, Larne commemorating the first ship to leave Larne for America in 1717. The Eagle Wing left Groomsport in 1636 and was over halfway there when they turned back. (The Mayflower sailed in 1620).
Plaque to the Reverend John Livingston at Stranraer