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Auchterarder Parish Church
Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Church (17th Century), Churchyard (Post Medieval)
Site Name Auchterarder Parish Church
Classification Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Church (17th Century), Churchyard (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Former Parish Church; Steeple
Canmore ID 26106
Site Number NN91SW 9
NGR NN 94498 12908
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26106
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Auchterarder
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN91SW 9 9450 1291.
(NN 9450 1291) Church (not shown on 6" map, 1959)
OS 6" map, Perthshire, 2nd eds. (1899-1938)
Before the Reformation there was a chapel in the town where the present parish church stands. The northern part of the present church and the steeple were built about the middle of the 17th century, the steeple being built from stones taken from the old Castle of Kincardine dismantled in 1646. The southern portion of the church was added in 1784 and it was further enlarged in 1812.
A G Reid 1899
About 1918 the 17th century and later parish church was demolished (information from Mr Young, Town Clerk, Post Office Building, High Street, Auchterarder) except for the steeple, which was preserved. No information about the pre-Reformation chapel could be found.
Visited by OS (R D) 28 July 1967.
Auchterarder (Dunblane) was granted by Gilbert, Earl of Strathearn, to Inchaffray on its foundation c. 1200, and confirmed in 1203 by Pope Innocent III and to the uses of the abbey by Abraham, Bishop of Dunblane, c. 1211. A vicarage settlement was confirmed in 1239, while in the same charter it is stated that certain garbal tithes of this church had been assigned for the erection of a prebend within the cathedral of Dunblane. It is uncertain whether this erection ever took place, but the vicarage, which was apparently independent in 1274 was annexed before the Reformation to the common fund of the canons of the cathedral, the parsonage remaining with the abbey.
I B Cowan 1967
