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Cruden Parish Church
Church (18th Century) (1776), Font (Period Unknown), War Memorial(S) (20th Century), Bell
Site Name Cruden Parish Church
Classification Church (18th Century) (1776), Font (Period Unknown), War Memorial(S) (20th Century), Bell
Alternative Name(s) St Olaf: War Memorial Plaques
Canmore ID 20877
Site Number NK03NE 20
NGR NK 07061 36567
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20877
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Cruden
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK03NE 20.00 07061 36567
NK03NE 20.01 NK 07051 36648 Manse
NK03NE 20.02 Centred NK 07062 36548 Churchyard
For Cruden, Old Parish Church (NK 0885 3630 and 0875 3625), see NK03NE 1.
(NK 0705 3657). The church of Cruden parish built in 1776 on the site of a possibly mid-13th century church which was probably the successor of NK03NE 1, although there is neither record nor tradition of this removal. Evidence for the existence of a 13th century church here is provided by a well-cut font with nail-bead ornament which was recovered from the manse garden. A large, blue marble matrix of a Netherlandish brass, not earlier than the 14th century lies against the north wall of the churchyard. A 15th-16th century fragment of a sacrament house and a 16th-17th century inscribed stone were recovered during alterations about 1913. The church bell is dated 1519 and the church was enlarged in 1834.
Name Book 1868; F C Eeles 1913; G Hay 1957.
A notice inside the church states 'The ancient Kirk of Cruden was founded in 1012 AD by Malcolm II and is mentioned in a Papal Bull of Pope Adrian IV. In 1256 it appears as a prebend of the Cathedral of St Machar, Aberdeen. Parts of the walls of the old church have been built into the window arches on the East side'. There may be some confusion here with NK03NE 1. There is nothing of the old church visible in the structure of the present church.
The church bell, the font, the fragment of the sacrament house and the inscribed stone are on diplay inside the church.
The Netherlandish brass, at NK 0706 3659, is described on another notice inside the church as 'The Danish Stone', and is reputed to have been sent to Scotland in the 11th century by King Sueno of Denmark to mark the resting place of a Danish Prince slain in battle.
A 16th century clock in the church tower is said to have come originally from Banff Tolbooth (presumably the Town House NJ66SE 52) and is now being restored by Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen.
Visited by OS (RL), 1 December 1971.
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F.A.M. MacDonald collection. 1927 - 3 tracings plans.
