Baptismal bowl, St George’s Free Church of Scotland, 1843
At the Disruption in
1843, Dr John MacKenzie, minister of St Mary's Church, left the
Church of Scotland with part of his congregation and founded a Free
Church congregation.
A new church
building was designed in 1844 by William McGowan and built on
George Street, Dumfries. It was rebuilt and enlarged in 1893
by James Halliday who added the Italianate red sandstone
front.
In 1900 under
minister Charles McNeill, the congregation joined the new United
Free Church with the United Presbyterian Church.
In 1929, part of the
United Free Church, including St George's, joined the main Church
of Scotland.
The baptismal basin
is a development of the larger stone fonts which appear from early
mediaeval times. Basins could be pewter or silver and were
either freestanding or placed in a ring attached to the
pulpit. Basins could also be placed inside a large stone font
as a liner.
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