Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish music, of Cults Kirk on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit near Pitlessie in the Howe of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The church is located near the A914 road half a mile North East of Pitlessie and three miles South West of Cupar. There has been a church here for 800 years. In 1234, the church that stood here was consecrated by Bishop David de Bernham, Bishop of St Andrews who consecrated a large numbers of churches, old and new, during his tenure, probably as a means of getting to know his flock and the buildings that served them. Early written records call the church or series of churches that stood here Quilt, Quilis or Quilque. After the Reformation the name started to appear as Cowlts and Cultis before finally settling as Cults. The church you see today was built in 1783, during the tenure as minister of the Reverend David Wilkie. Two years later his wife Isabella gave birth to their third son, David, in the old manse at Cults. Sir David Wilkie went on to become one of the most celebrated Scottish artists of his day. He was buried at sea in the Bay of Gibraltar in 1841. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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