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The Mystery of Cramond Kirk Manse CRAMOND KIRK MAGAZINE JUNE 2021 Issue 119 www.cramondkirk.org.uk Cramond Manse shows the stable KIRK OPEN and carriage house behind the Every Sunday Manse, and the old schoolhouse. Morning Prayers - 8.45 am Morning Worship - 10 am The Manse was surrounded by 2m social distancing remains and open land, called “Glebe land”, booking through the Kirk Office is formerly owned by the Kirk. advisable. VIRTUAL CHURCH www.facebook.com/cramondkirk2 Daily Devotions Mon – Sat – online at www.facebook.com/cramondkirk2 The Mystery In 1844 the Rev Walter Colvin wasted little time in getting the The 1770 extension is the living Manse up to standard. He reported: of Cramond “ In consequence of the alterations room on the ground floor, one and improvements which have been bedroom and an attic bedroom. Kirk Manse made upon it from time to time, The main mystery about Cramond The then Minister Rev Gilbert it is now a very comfortable and Kirk Manse is when was it first built, Hamilton’s three daughters may commodious dwelling.” and why is it such an odd shape. have been demanding a bedroom Married and having 9 children each. It is possible that it was an We think there has been a Manse and a faithful nurse, gardeners and early example of a private finance in Cramond since 1478. Thanks the beadle, housemaid and cook all initiative from the family. Another to Oliver Cromwell’s invasion, it is living in the manse, he no doubt impossible to verify, since the Kirk’s mystery. felt it was not so roomy as it had records were never retrieved. There We think the original Manse seemed on his arrival. has been a Kirk at Cramond for would have had an external If you look on the north facing about 700 years. staircase - probably similar to the bedroom window (first room on From a private record in 1683, we one in Cramond Tower. The main left at the top of the stairs) you will know funding from the Heritors (the staircase is still a very tight circular find one of Colvin’s sons etched his owners of Barnton House, Dalmeny staircase. initials on one of the small panes of House and Cramond House) had Reverend Walker, the skating glass ! been used to repair the Kirk, Manse minister in Raeburn’s famous He enlisted architect David Bryce and Cramond schoolhouse. The portrait, lived here from 1776 to (who later designed Fettes College) Heritors were responsible for the 1784. to draw up plans for the Manse’s Minister’s stipend, the Manse, extension. A south wing was added the schoolmaster’s salary, and the in 1857, with a dining room and upkeep of the relevant buildings. sitting room, connected to the The core of the current Manse original building by a spacious was built in 1745 and faced south corridor. These rooms covered up containing the study, living room, the original entrance to the Manse. and two bedrooms. The kitchen The main door is now conveniently was in the basement evident by next to the Minister’s study. the kitchen range in what is now We are lucky to have such a the Kirk Office. What were all the historic Manse in Cramond! other basement rooms used for? Researched and written by Margery The 18th-century sketch of Naylor Social icon Social icon Rounded square Rounded square Only use blue and/or white. Only use blue and/or white. For more details check out our BrandFor Guidelines. more details check out our www.cramondkirk.org.ukRead more: www.cramondkirk.org uk . Deadline for next issue 25 July T: 0131 336 T: 2036 0131 336 2036 Brand Guidelines. Published by Cramond Kirk, Cramond Glebe Road, Edinburgh EH4 6NS Parish Register BAPTISMS DEATHS 18 April Oliver Lawrence Patrick, 21 January Anne Gumley 28 March Lt Col Alexander Bisset son of Christopher & 2 February Mrs Mary Croal 11 April Geoff Barbour Faith Jayne 5 February Frank Whitehall 12 April Irene C Laidlaw 18 April Andrew Mather 23 May Iona Anderson, daughter 17 February Mrs Margaret Taylor 19 April Nevin Kerr of Brian Costello & Irene 19 February Mrs Elizabeth McGleave Waldman 16 April Dan Hall 2 March Mrs Min Hunter 19 April Dr John Murray NEW MEMBERS 10 March Willie Prest 24 April Grace Davidson Robert Finnie 21 March Marshall MacKinnon 29 April Mrs Irene Sanders Julian & Sandra Lamont 21 March Cameron Thaw 3 May David Hall Oliver Jayne christening Iona Anderson christening News from Edinburgh charity Fresh Start: In the second lockdown Emergency Food Packs were made available to those in need, and we had help from our partner organisations and supporters to meet the demand. Sadly this highlights the far reaching impact of the pandemic on our community. The Community Hub will open its doors in June. We hope it will be a social “home” where people can come for a friendly face, kind words and advice, and food. Staff and volunteers have painted the steel shutters in vibrant colours of welcome and hope. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has donated goods, money and time during these unprecedented times.We are truly grateful for your ongoing support. Fay Wilson www.freshstartweb.org.uk Caring, Complete & Conscientious ......... BARCLAYS FUNERAL SERVICES Helping you do the best for your pet, with equal emphasis on both prevention and People Serving People treatment. We at Barclays wish to introduce you to our new Funeral Homes, We are a cat friendly practice. serving the people of Davidson’s Mains, Corstorphine and the We have a spacious, modern and fully equipped centre, surrounding communities. The people within Barclays are here with private parking and most importantly, we make time to listen. to help your family at your time of need. The local Vet looking after your pet FULL FACILITIES AVAILABLE: FIRST in Edinburgh, with a veterinary hydrotherapy • Private Service Chapel • Rest Room Facilities service for rehabilitation, arthritis, fun and fitness. • Arrangements in Privacy or home visits on request Comprehensive website. Tours offered to all clients. • Private Parking • Disabled Access and Toilets www.oaktreevet.co.uk 539 Queensferry Road. 49 Main Street, Davidson’s Mains 0131 312 8000 www.petphysio.co.uk 0131 539 7539 Edinburgh. EH4 7QE 3 Meadowplace Road, Corstorphine 0131 334 6487 Also at: 147-153 Great Junction Street 0131 553 6818 Oak Tree Vets Ad.indd 1 17/10/2018 09:19 FROM THE MANSE However, my preference is for spare ‘Bless to us, O God, this time, descriptions which can invite the This fleeting hour, reader to appreciate a magnificent This window for eternal uses room, better understand a unique to shine upon the temporary, life, or explore a whole era with this blink of time when we step back colour and imagination. Words to see the pattern of our days, which open our eyes wide or simply this chance stimulate. to remember we are blessed I hope you can return to your beyond belief’. favourite bookshop and library. The I hope that even if you do not read Cornerstone just under St John’s is any books this summer, that you one of my go to places. I really enjoy can still give thanks and grow in books of prayers. Have you read the loving likeness of that master G.F. MacLeod’s (one of Cargilfield Friends, carpenter, Jesus of Nazareth. School’s former pupils) Enjoy this prayer by the great Victor Like many of you I enjoy libraries, ‘The Whole Earth Shall Cry Glory’? Hugo, bookshelves, covers, fonts, pages, If not, seek it from a library and you whole words and even single letters. are in for a treat, Just occasionally I enjoy considering The whole creation is a perpetual grammar, but to be honest, mostly ‘We know Thou art the way for us: ascension, I prefer books. Big books and But we do not like the steepness of the from brute to man, small, illustrations, quotes, dazzling brae.’ from man to God. new thoughts on old things plus A book by the late Revd David To divest ourselves more and more of conjunctions of all kinds! When Ogston is helpful for me recently, matter, you have been working with words ’Scots Worship’. Ogston produced to be clothed more and more with for many years you learn to be truly clever turns of phrase in Scots, Doric Spirit, grateful for the words of others. and English. such is the law. The gentle, the precise and the How about this to open a service of lack of cliché are all appreciated. Ian Gilmour, Locum Minister worship? Cramond Kirk Visiting Team – can you help too? Throughout all the lockdown months our won- derful Visiting Team has remained busy, keeping in touch with our visitees, who number around 80 and growing. Contact has been through regular phone calls to the older folk, their families and care homes. Little gifts and cards have been sent at special times - Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter and now birthdays. Hopefully, with the easing of lockdown rules we may soon be able to return to visiting and cups of coffee at home or in coffee shops and to meet together for our lovely coffee mornings and regular services in the church hall - oh what joy!! During this uncertain time for our nation Home Help Me In order to maintain the level of support we have Care is continuing to offer essential care at home services built up, a few new visitors would be excellent. to older people. If you would like to know more about what’s involved, please contact Cramond Kirk at [email protected] or on 336 2036.
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