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Kemback Cemetery

Memorials	:	1
Location	:	Cupar, Scotland
Description	:	The first church was a rectory founded by Bishop de Bernhem in 1244 and was situated somewhere in what is now the grounds of Kemback House. The second church is the ruin in the current churchyard.It was founded in 1583 and expanded in 1760. In 1954 there was a fire which destroyed parts of the east gable and rendered it a ruin. In the old part of the graveyard, all the upright stones face east, in anticipation of Christ's Second Coming. There is no evidence of this practice being continued in the new part. The present church was built in 1814.... Read More	The first church was a rectory founded by Bishop de Bernhem in 1244 and was situated somewhere in what is now the grounds of Kemback House. The second church is the ruin in the current churchyard.It was founded in 1583 and expanded in 1760. In 1954 there was a fire which destroyed parts of the east gable and rendered it a ruin. In the old part of the graveyard, all the upright stones face east, in anticipation of Christ's Second Coming. There is no evidence of this practice being continued in the new part. The present church was built in 1814. Some believe that the bell and belfry came from the ruin.

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