Cullen Church was known to have existed in 1236. The south aisle was added by Elena Hay in 1536 and dedicated to St Anne. It became a collegiate church in 1543 with 6 prebendaries and 2 singing boys to sing mass 'decently and in order every day'. Cullen Church was the centre of the old kirkton of Cullen until 1820-30 when township removed to present 'new town' of Cullen and the manse, which had been close by, rebuilt. ( see http://www.moraypresbytery.org.uk/churches/cullendeskford.html )
The organs of en: Elizabeth de Burgh, the wife of en:Robert the Bruce are said to have been buried in its old kirk after her death in the area. Robert the Bruce made an annual payment to the village in gratitude for the treatment of his wife's body and its return south for burial.
A recent non-payment of this sum by the government was challenged and settled to the village's favour.
Writing in around 139-161, en:Ptolemy in his Geography mentions the River Celnius in the North East of Scotland. en:Both William Forbes Skene and en:George Chalmers identified the Celnius with Cullen Burn. (see: W. Cramond The Annals of Cullen, 1904)
The first mention of Cullen in Scottish history was in 962 when King Indulf was killed by the Norwegians (and/or Danes) at the mouth of the river Cullen (see: Anderson, Early Sources of Scottish History 1922 p 470 ) and referred to as the en:Battle of the Bauds. "Atween Coedlich and the sea, There lies Kings' sons three." Legend has it that within the vicinity, a Scots, a Danish and a Norwegian King are buried, marked by the three isolated rocks within Cullen Bay and named the "Three Kings". However, it is possible that these rocks derive their name from the similarity of the name Cullen with Culane (Cologne) as in the medieval mystery play "The Three Kings of Culane". (see: http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_031/31_216_223.pdf W. CRAMOND; NOTES ON TUMULI IN CULLEN DISTRICT; AND NOTICE OF THE DISCOVERY OF TWO URNS AT FOULFORD, NEAR CULLEN (1897) Retrieved 29-12-2010 )
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