First Kilrea Presbyterian Church - geograph

First Kilrea Presbyterian Church is a church building of the Coleraine and Limavady presbytery of

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. It is located in the village of

Kilrea Kilrea ( , ) is a village, townland and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It gets its name from the ancient church that was located near to where the current Church of Ireland is located on Church Street looking over the tow ...

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History

The first Meeting House built for

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in the Kilrea district was at Moyknock. In 1642 the first church building at Moyknock was burned down. A second church was built in the townland of Boveedy, just outside modern-day Kilrea. This building served the parishes of Kilrea, Tamlaght, Boveedy and Desertoghill. The third meeting house, the first in Kilrea was built in 1770. The building stood a short distance in front of the present church. The present-day church building or "''Scot's Kirk''" (

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: Scottish r 'Presbyterian'Church) as it was called had its foundation stone laid in 1837 and opened for worship in 1839. The funding for the church was provided by the

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and built to a design by William Barnes of London.

Ministers

{, class="wikitable" , + Ministers''The Scots Kirk, Kilrea''. 1990. James H. McIlfatrick. , - bgcolor=cccccc ! Incumbency !! Minister , - , , c1680 , , William Gilchrist , - , , 1697–1729 , , Matthew Clerk , - , , 1732–1741 , , Robert Wirling , - , , 1744–1748 , , Alexander Cumming , - , , 1749–1785 , , John Smith , - , , 1789–1794 , , Arthur McMahon , - , , 1794–1821 , , John Smith , - , , 1825–1851 , , Hugh Walker Rodgers , - , , 1852–1869 , , James Maxwell Rodgers , - , , 1869–1873 , , James Heron , - , , 1874–1932 , , James Stewart , - , , 1925–1962 , , Hans Hadden , - , , 1963–1967 , , Ivan James Wilson , - , , 1967–1975 , , John Oscar Bridgett , - , , 1976–1985 , , Ivan James Wilson , - , 1986 – , , Trevor John McCormick

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First Kilrea Presbyterian Church
First Kilrea Boys Brigade Company
Presbyterian churches in Northern Ireland Gothic Revival church buildings in Northern Ireland Churches in County Londonderry