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Alvie Parish Church
Church (18th Century) (1768), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Alvie Parish Church
Classification Church (18th Century) (1768), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Alvie Church Memorial Window
Canmore ID 14882
Site Number NH80NE 17
NGR NH 86408 09330
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14882
- Council Highland
- Parish Alvie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH80NE 17.00 86408 09330
NH80NE 17.01 86429 09327 Burial Ground
NH 96408 09330. Alvie Church, built 1798, repaired 1833.
G Hay 1957.
There is a description of a burial of a number of skeletons found during restoration of this church, and other information in JA Rennie "Romantic Strathspey", London, 1956, pp25-27.
Information supplied by RCAHMS user, 27 September 2006
NH80NE 17.00 86408 09330
NH 96408 09330. Alvie Church, built 1798, repaired 1833.
G Hay 1957.
Built as a rectangular E to W orientated church in 1768; on the site of an earlier church or chapel and set within a circular walled enclosure. The church has been subsequently repaired in 1833, 1880 and 1952. The 1952 restoration involved Sir Basil Spence who designed some of the church furniture (chairs).
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, AL), 9 February 2010
Note (30 January 2025)
A church is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 25-inch map (1871) - Inverness-shire - Mainland LXXIII.10 (Alvie).
Information from HES (D Watson) 30 January 2025
