The old church is situated at grid reference NT621248, and the remains are protected as a Category B listed building.

[2] The origins of the church are from 1136 when a monastic settlement was established by David I of Scotland.

[6] Livingston was part of the commission sent to Breda in the Netherlands in 1660 to meet King Charles II of England and Scotland, to make arrangements for his homecoming to receive the Crown of Scotland.

[6] Hew Scott's fuller list:[8] partial list: There was a Free Church in Ancrum known as the John Knox Free Church and it was open for worship from 1859 until 1933.

[11] The meaning of the name Ancrum is, from the Gaelic 'alne cromb' - 'the bend in the Ale' (local river)[3]