Tour Scotland travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to the parish church and graveyard in Ceres, Fife. The church was built in 1806 to a design by Alexander Leslie, on the site of a much earlier building. It is on rising ground in the centre of Ceres with a graveyard to the East. The tower and octagonal spire were added in the 1850s, in the middle of the south elevation. The towers is divided into three stages below its parapet. The churchyard contains a number of interesting seventeenth and eighteenth century memorials. It also contains the Lindsay Vault which was probably attached to the medieval kirk prior to its demolition. The vault was established by the widow of Robert 9th Lord Lindsay and is called " Lady Boyd's House " as she subsequently married the 6th Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock. Ceres Church is within the Church of Scotland Presbytery of St Andrews. In 1983, the parish of Ceres was linked, and later united, with the neighbouring parish of Springfield. This united parish was further united with Kemback in 2005, although the three church buildings are retained. One serving past minister of Ceres has been Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland: the Reverend Thomas Buchanan in 1588. The village is dominated by the Parish Church. It has what is possibly the shortest High Street in Scotland, just a few houses on each side. The name Ceres signifies " place to the west " from the Scottish Gaelic Siar meaning " west ", probably in relation to St Andrews.
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