The Places of Worship in Scotland Project

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Date 1992

Event ID 961391

Category Project

Type Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/961391

The Places of Worship in Scotland Project is co-ordinated by Scottish Church Heritage Research. The Project aims to produce an illustrated Gazetteer for publication on the Web and in book form. Places of Worship range from early Christian sites, through small rural churches to cathedrals, synagogues, mosques, temples and meeting halls. Some of these date back to the earliest phase of Christianity in Scotland. Others are medieval ruins, some are from the post–reformation years, while a majority date from the period of population growth in the 19th Century.

The Gazetteer is being compiled by a team from the SCHR committee, a small staff and many volunteers. The purpose is to form a national record for use by local communities, schools, congregations, local societies, family historians and researchers, planners, tourist bodies and government departments. It will be a record of all the sites and buildings, rural and urban, used by communities of all faiths and which form part of the collective experience of the people of Scotland.

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http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/

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Event	Type	Subtype	Notes
961393	DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNTS	SUMMARY RECORD	This cruciform church was built between 1819 and 1821, adjacent to an earlier church (NO40SE 11 SCHR site 1232). It was designed by Richard Crichton and built by R and R Dickson. The church is situated on high ground in the centre of the village, overlooking Kilconquhar loch to the south. The graveyard, which is still in use, surrounds the church. The oldest stones are found around the old parish church to the east of the present church which it predates, and there are some interesting eighteenth century memorials towards the south east corner. [...]
961392	DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNTS	SUMMARY RECORD	This T plan church was built in 1639 and its tower was added in 1726. The church lies east to west, the long axis with the tower facing south towards Elie High Street. It is in a walled graveyard which surrounds the church to the south, east and west and is probably of a similar age to the church. It has been in use until very recently. Features of interest include a carved octagonal font which was removed from Wood Memorial Church prior to its demolition in the 1960s. [...]
961394	DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNTS	SUMMARY RECORD	The remains of the old church at Kilconquhar stand on the eastern edge of the graveyard surrounding the present parish church (NO40SE 187 SCHR site number: 4699). There are three arches, each approximately twelve feet wide. The wall is built from dressed sandstone and is relatively thin and light, suggesting a late medieval aisled building. [...]

The Places of Worship in Scotland Project

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