Yester Parish Church
Yester Parish Church is a church of the Church of Scotland in the village of Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland. The village forms part of Yester, Bolton and Saltoun parish, and is a linked charge with Humbie Parish Church.Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description: church building in Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Gifford, Main Street, Yester Parish Church And Hearse House”, “Yester Kirk”, and “Yester Parish Church, Gifford”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yester Castle and Yester House.
Yester Castle
Castle
Photo: Brendandh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yester Castle is a ruined castle, located 1+1⁄2 miles southeast of the village of Gifford in East Lothian, Scotland. The only remaining complete structure is the subterranean Goblin Ha' or Hobgoblin Ha'. Yester Castle is situated 1½ miles southeast of Yester Parish Church.
Yester House
Residential building
Photo: ronnie leask, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yester House is an early 18th-century mansion near Gifford in East Lothian, Scotland. It was the home of the Hay family, later Marquesses of Tweeddale, from the 15th century until the late 1960s. Yester House is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Yester Parish Church.
Bolton Parish Church
Church
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Bolton Parish Church is a church in Bolton, East Lothian, Scotland. It is part of the Church of Scotland and serves the parish of Yester, Bolton and Saltoun. Bolton Parish Church is situated 2 miles northwest of Yester Parish Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gifford and Bolton.
Gifford
Village
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gifford is a village in the parish of Yester in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies approximately 4 miles south of Haddington and 25 miles east of Edinburgh. It groups around the Colstoun Water at the junction of the B6369 and B6355 surrounded by rural farmland.
Bolton
Hamlet
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Bolton is a hamlet and the third smallest parish in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies approximately 2 miles south of Haddington and 20 miles east of Edinburgh, and is an entirely agricultural parish, 6 miles long by about 1.25 miles wide. Bolton is situated 2 miles northwest of Yester Parish Church.
Morham
Hamlet
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Morham, East Lothian, sometimes spelt Moram, Morum, or Morhame in old records, is the smallest parish in Scotland, sandwiched between five other parishes: Haddington, Garvald, Yester, Whittingehame, and Prestonkirk, in the undulating lower reaches of the Lammermuir Hills. Morham is situated 3 miles northeast of Yester Parish Church.
Yester Parish Church
- Categories: parish church, hearse house, cemetery, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.90379° or 55° 54′ 14″ northLongitude
-2.74558° or 2° 44′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C7VW733+GQOpenStreetMap ID
way 70991000OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=church_of_scotlandWikidata ID
Q8052941
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In Other Languages
“Yester Parish Church” goes by many names.
- German: “Yester Parish Church”
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