Cranshaws Parish Kirk (Church) DSC_6182
The present church was built in 1897 replacing a church, on the same site, which was built in 1739 but that was not the original church at the hill settlement. The first church was built in the 12th. century further north at the Townhead of Cranshaws. The vicar in the later 13th. century, Robert de Strivelin swore fealty to Edward I at Berwick in 1296. The most noteworthy occurrence at the church was the visit, in 1594, of James VI of Scots and I of England. During the service, the minister forgot to recite the prayer to the king, which caused much dismay, if not anger to the royal personage. The king orderded a plaque be struck and placed near the pulpit to forever remind the preacher of the error of his ways. The plaque has been transferred from church to church every since.
Cranshaws Parish Kirk (Church) DSC_6182
The present church was built in 1897 replacing a church, on the same site, which was built in 1739 but that was not the original church at the hill settlement. The first church was built in the 12th. century further north at the Townhead of Cranshaws. The vicar in the later 13th. century, Robert de Strivelin swore fealty to Edward I at Berwick in 1296. The most noteworthy occurrence at the church was the visit, in 1594, of James VI of Scots and I of England. During the service, the minister forgot to recite the prayer to the king, which caused much dismay, if not anger to the royal personage. The king orderded a plaque be struck and placed near the pulpit to forever remind the preacher of the error of his ways. The plaque has been transferred from church to church every since.