Some good fragments of old woodwork survive in the church, particularly a pulpit (Fig. 1573), which, it is usually stated, was made in Holland. Lyne is distant from the sea and must have been difficult of access; for which reason, amongst others, we doubt whether there is any truth in the tradition. The pulpit, which is circular in plan, is quite simple in design, and its construction would not present a formidable task to a Scottish country wright, judging by other examples of woodwork made in Scotland about this time. Some of the other woodwork bears the date 1644, and one of the pews, now removed, was dated 1606.[1] The church has been frequently repaired, which accounts for the loss of such examples.
"The district was, in the twelfth century, a chapelry dependent on Stobo."[2] Robert, the chaplain of Lyne, is a witness to a charter in the Register of Glasgow, between 1208 and 1213; but of the early church then existing nothing now remains, the present structure probably dating from the beginning of the seventeenth century.
MORHAM CHURCH, Haddingtonshire.
A retired parish church about four miles east from Haddington. It
is stated to have been built in 1724, but some portions of ornamental
carving built into the south wall (Fig. 1574) would seem to indicate that
they had formed part of an earlier structure.
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Fig. 1574.—Morham Church. Fragment built into South Wall.
The only architectural feature connected with the church is the elevation of the north wing or aisle (Fig. 1575), which, although it corresponds well with the date of the building, is in a somewhat unusual style for a Scottish church of the period.
