Hutton and Corrie
Hutton and Corrie Church is a white painted,
T-shaped building with seating for approximately 130 people.
It sits in its own ground and
grave yard, in an elevated position at the south of the rural village of
Boreland. It is surrounded by
fields and the views from the church are breathtaking.
It is well worth the steep climb
up the paths to the church building.
A
chapel existed at Hutton village in the 12th century; it is not known
when the church was moved from there, but in 1609 the church of Hutton
was ordained to be the church when the parishes of Hutton & Corrie were
combined and the church at Corrie was allowed to become a ruin.
The
present church was built in 1710, the floor was earthen and the roof was
thatched. Early records show
that the church was also used as a school from 1745 until 1800.
In 1763
the Church was extended to form the T-shape it is now.
The belfry was added in 1820.
A small vestry and open porch
were added on the west side in 1858 and in 1871 the east and north
porches were added.
Within
the church, in the wall of the north aisle, there is a mural monument
commemorating the Reverend George Young (died 1749) which was erected by
his son in 1757.
During
the last quarter of the 19th century when Mr Thomas Rain was Minister,
several innovations took place – hymns were introduced as well as psalms
and paraphrases and the congregation now stood to sing and sat for
prayers. In 1888, Presbytery
sanctioned the use of an organ – not popular with everyone!
Hutton
and Corrie Church was linked with Eskdalemuir Church in 1962 and also to
Tundergarth Church in 1986. These
linkages came to an end in 2007 when Hutton and Corrie Church united
with Lockerbie Dryfesdale Church.
In 2010 Hutton and Corrie Church celebrated
its tercentenary and the photograph of the external view of the Church
which has been used throughout this website, was provided by
photographer Gordon Rae to commemorate this event.
This information was gathered from several sources including Statistical
Accounts, Colonel William Rogerson’s book “Hutton Under the Muir” and
Parish Newsletters