Cairneyhill Church
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A Brief History
by Harry Westwood
Published: 1993
Chapter One - History
Cairneyhill Church was built in 1752 in what was a mere hamlet. Toappreciate how this came about it is necessary to go back in time to the village and parish of Torryburn.
Prior to the Reformation the inhabitants of Torryburn worshipped in the little church at Crombie, the ruins of which exist to this day, midway between Torryburn and Bullions Farm. No church was built within the village of Torryburn until 1616. Torryburn at that time was a bustling seaport, handling exports of salt and of coal from the pits in the vicinity. The church served until replaced by a more substantial building on the same site in the year 1800.