Tour Scotland Spring travel video, with Scottish music, of a road trip drive East on the A917 road, through Upper Largo, to the parish church and graveyard on visit to Elie in the East Neuk of Fife. This T plan church was built in 1639 and its tower was added in 1726. The church lies east to west, the long axis with the tower facing south towards Elie High Street. It is in a walled graveyard which surrounds the church to the south, east and west and is probably of a similar age to the church. The tower has two stages, capped by a belfry which was probably added in the early nineteenth century in place of an earlier spire. The lower stage of the tower is entered through a door under rounded arch on the south face. Above this is a framed Latin inscription, dating the construction of the tower to 1726. The second stage of the tower is octagonal and divided into eight faces by strips of dressed sandstone. To the east a blocked window has a memorial inserted below. To the west is another blocked window. This stage has a clock face to the north, south, east and west, and a louvered vent below the clockface on the south elevation. The bellcote is rounded, divided into four by strips of sandstone, and has four louvered openings in rounded arches. It is covered by a domed roof and has an abstract silver weathercock. The old session house of the church is built into the church wall on the south side of the graveyard. Many variations of the name Elie have been found, including Ely, Elie, Ealy and others.
Nathaniel Elie landed in Virginia, America, in 1622; Nicholas Elie arrived in Pennsylvania, America, in 1738; Niehell Elie, aged 27, landed in Pennsylvania, America, in 1738; Martin Elie landed in Pennsylvania, America, in 1764.
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