Lasswade and Rosewell Parish Church serves the communities of

Lasswade Lasswade is a village and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland, on the River North Esk, nine miles (14.5 kilometres) south of Edinburgh city centre, contiguous with Bonnyrigg and between Dalkeith to the east and Loanhead to the west. Melvil ...

, Poltonhall and Rosewell, Midlothian,

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. It is a congregation of the

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Old Lasswade Parish Church

The pre-Reformation church was abandoned in 1793 and the bulk of the structure collapsed in 1866. Notable ministers included Rev Prof James Fairlie who served from 1644 to 1658.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; by Hew Scott

Lasswade

The congregation uses the former Lasswade

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(later

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) building, which became known as Lasswade Strathesk Church in 1929, following the union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church. In 1956 the Old Parish Church (subsequently demolished) and Strathesk Church united, following the discovery of a serious structural fault with the Old Parish Church building in the late 1940s.

Rosewell

The church was built in the 1870s, initially as a daughter church of Lasswade Parish Church. In 1966 the Rev James H. Sinclair was ordained and inducted to Rosewell Parish Church - the last minister to serve Rosewell alone. Following his move to Selkirk in 1987, the parish was declared a "continuing vacancy" until 1991, when the church was "linked" with both Cockpen & Carrington Parish Church and Lasswade Parish Church.

Linkage and Union

Since 1977, Lasswade has been "linked" with

Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church is located to the south of the town of Bonnyrigg in Midlothian, Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The parish includes the south side of the town of Bonnyrigg (including the new housing ...

(i.e. share a minister). In 1991 both parishes were further linked with Rosewell Parish Church. In 2008, due to low congregation levels at both parishes, Lasswade and Rosewell parish churches formally united, with a single Kirk Session, but retained both places of worship. The congregation is now officially known as "Lasswade and Rosewell Parish Church".

Ministry

Recent ministers

Lasswade: To be added Rosewell: *The Rev James Sinclair (1966-1987) Lasswade and Rosewell: *The Rev Wendy Drake (1992-2007) *The Rev Matthew Ross (2009-2014) *The Rev Lorna M Souter

References

External links

Official website
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