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Alva, St Serf's Parish Church, Churchyard

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Burial Ground (Medieval), Churchyard (Medieval), Gravestone(S) (17th Century)

Site Name Alva, St Serf's Parish Church, Churchyard

Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Churchyard (Medieval), Gravestone(S) (17th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Alva Parish Church Of St Serf

Canmore ID 138987

Site Number NS89NE 14.02

NGR NS 88733 97311

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/138987

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View of east face of gravestone inscribed: 'AY.IM. 1756', in the churchyard of St Serf's Parish Church, Alva.
View of east face of gravestone inscribed: 'AY.IM. 1756', in the churchyard of St Serf's Parish Church, Alva.Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Alva Old Churchyard, Clackmannanshire. Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Alva Old Churchyard, Clackmannanshire. View of gravestone commemorating Daniel Thomson, 1721, in the churchyard of St Serf's Parish Church, Alva. with soul at the top of stone, 'Memento Mori' inscribed below and two carvings of the mason's castles in the panel.View of gravestone of Weaver 1729, in the churchyard of St Serf's Parish Church, Alva.Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Alva Old Churchyard, Clackmannanshire. View of gravestone carved with Memento Mori, scrolls and numeral 4, Alva churchyard.Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Alva Old Churchyard, Clackmannanshire. Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Alva Old Churchyard, Clackmannanshire. View of partly buried headstone dated 1771 - memorial to 'Wee Bessie ' in front, Alva churchyard.Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Alva Old Churchyard, Clackmannanshire. Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Alva Old Churchyard, Clackmannanshire. Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Alva Old Churchyard, Clackmannanshire. Oblique aerial view of Alva, centred on Strude Mill, taken from the SSE.View of two carved figures, possibly Adam and Eve, Alva churchyard.View of gravestone of Morison, in the churchyard of St Serf's Parish Church, Alva.View of gravestone inscribed: 'JH.M', in the churchyard of St Serf's Parish Church, Alva.View of gravestone, dated 1760 with initials 'I D' and 'E A', in the churchyard of St Serf's Parish Church, Alva.View of gravestone dated 1708, in the churchyard of St Serf's Parish Church, Alva.Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Alva Old Churchyard, Clackmannanshire. View of entrance to burial vault with green man carving on arch, Alva churchyard.View of west face of gravestone dated 1756, in the churchyard of St Serf's Parish Church, Alva.View of headstone with Green man and inscription 1756, Alva churchyard.View of headstone with green man dated 1756, Alva churchyard. View of gravestone of Mason, dated 1785 and with initials 'I A and M G', in the churchyard of St Serf's Parish Church, Alva.Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Alva Old Churchyard, Clackmannanshire. Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Alva Old Churchyard, Clackmannanshire. Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Alva Old Churchyard, Clackmannanshire.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Clackmannan
  • Parish Alva
  • Former Region Central
  • Former District Clackmannan
  • Former County Clackmannanshire

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Field Visit (August 1977)

RCAHMS: The Archaeological Sites and Monuments of Clackmannan District and Falkirk District

Alva Chruch NS 887 973 NS89NE 14 and 16

Traditional site of the medieval church of St Servanus; a new church was erected in 1631, and this was replaced in the 19th century by the present church of St Serf, which incorporates datestones of 1631 and 1637. There are no visible signs of any earlier church, but the graveyard contains stones of 17th-century date.

RCAHMS 1978, visited August 1977

(Stat. Acct. xviii, 1796, 137-9; RCAHMS 1933, No. 603)

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Photographic Record (1985)

Recording of gravestones in the churchyard of St Serf's Parish Church, Alva, Clackmannanshire, by Mrs Betty Willsher in 1985.

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