Newtyle Parish Church
Church(S) (19th Century) (1872)
Site Name Newtyle Parish Church
Classification Church(S) (19th Century) (1872)
Canmore ID 30818
Site Number NO24SE 10
NGR NO 29603 41227
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30818
- Council Angus
- Parish Newtyle
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO24SE 10.00 29603 41227
NO24SE 10.01 29603 41206 Kirkyard
(NO 2959 4122) The present Newtyle parish church was built in 1870 on the site of one built in 1767. The earliest-recorded church was granted to Arbroath on its foundation by William the Lion in 1178, and it was dedicated to an unknown saint by Bishop de Bernham in 1242.
Statistical Account (OSA) 1972; A J Jervise 1875-9; A J Warden 1880-85; I B Cowan 1967; H Scott 1950; RCAHMS 1984
In normal use. No indications of the earlier church.
Visited by OS (JP) 28 September 1970.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Architect: Andrew Heiton, Junior 1872
Note (1984)
Newtyle, Parish Church and Burial-ground NO 295 412 NO24SE 10
The present parish church of Newtyle, built in 1870, stands upon the site of its predecessor which was built in 1767. The medieval parish church, on record in 1178, probably stood on or near the same site.
RCAHMS 1984.
(Stat. Acct, iii, 1792, 402; Jervise 1875-9, i, 138-41; Warden 1880-85, v, 33; Cowan 1967, 157).
