Aberchirder, Old Free Church
Church (19th Century) (1841)
Site Name Aberchirder, Old Free Church
Classification Church (19th Century) (1841)
Alternative Name(s) Aberchirder, Main Street, New Marnoch Parish Church With Boundary Wall; Former Free Church
Canmore ID 160064
Site Number NJ65SW 35
NGR NJ 62876 52624
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/160064
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Marnoch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Banffshire
1841, James Henderson. Famous as the first church built as part of the Free Church movement, originally built as a non intrusion church after an internal parish argument over appointment of a new Minister in 1841. The new church joined with the Free Church after the 1843 Disruption.
RCAHMS (2012).
NJ65SW 35 62876 52624
For adjacent old free church manse, see NJ65SW 25.
For Marnoch, Old Parish Church and Burial-ground (NJ 5949 4992), see NJ54NE 3. For Marnoch, Old Parish Church (NJ 5970 5021), see NJ55SE 48.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Architect: James Henderson 1842.
Photographic Survey (29 June 2012)
Photographed on behalf of the Buildings of Scotland publications.
RCAHMS (2012).
