Lyne Kirk

The church was founded in the 12th century, in the reign of William the Lion, as the Chapel of Lyne in the dependency of the nearby Stobo Kirk, and overseen by the Bishopric of Glasgow.

[1] Reverend Hew Scott, author of the Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae remarked in that publication that he believed Lyne was the cradle of Christianity in Peeblesshire.

Towards the end of the Bishopric of Glasgow, Lyne Kirk was falling into disrepair and, in 1600, was described as ruinous.

In 1644, the church was greatly renovated and refurbished to form the fine building seen today.

In 1889, Francis Charteris, Earl of Wemyss carried out further major renewal work on the church.