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East Saltoun, Parish Church And Churchyard

Burial Ground (19th Century), Church (19th Century) (1805), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)

Site Name East Saltoun, Parish Church And Churchyard

Classification Burial Ground (19th Century), Church (19th Century) (1805), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) War Memorial; Saltoun Parish Church Memorial Window

Canmore ID 54681

Site Number NT46NE 29

NGR NT 47446 67877

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54681

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Interior.
View from W.
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View from W.East Saltoun churchyard.
Janet Begbie d.1765. Reverse face; cartouche flanked by figures of sower and harvester. Fruit pouring from flowers. Panel beneath bordered by pilasters.General oblique aerial view of the village, taken from the SW.View of churchyard.East Saltoun, oblique aerial view taken from the NE, centred on the village of Saltoun.Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in East Saltoun Churchyard, East Lothian. 
East Saltoun, Parish Church And Churchyard, NT46NE 29, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial photograph of East Saltoun centred on theParish Church and Graveyard, taken from the WNW.East Saltoun, oblique aerial view taken from the SW, centred on the village of Saltoun.Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in East Saltoun Churchyard, East Lothian. 
East Saltoun Parish Church: view of the inner doorway to the Fletcher VaultInterior.
View from W.Interior.
View from N.Interior.
Detail showing stained glass window on the SE side of the nave.General oblique aerial view of the village, taken from the W.General oblique aerial view of the village, taken from the WSW.Oblique aerial photograph of East Saltoun centred on theParish Church and Graveyard, taken from the NE.Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in East Saltoun Churchyard, East Lothian. 
View from W.Interior.
View of the stained glass window on the SE side of the nave.General oblique aerial view of the village, taken from the NW.East Saltoun, oblique aerial view taken from the NW, centred on the village of Saltoun.East Saltoun, oblique aerial view taken from the SSE, centred on the village of Saltoun.Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in East Saltoun Churchyard, East Lothian. 
View from W.Interior.
View from N.Interior.
View of Pulpit from NE.View of Church from SEScanned image of oblique aerial photograph of East Saltoun centred on theParish Church and Graveyard, taken from the NE.Interior.
View from E.View from W.Detail showing gravestone.East Saltoun, Parish Church And Churchyard, NT46NE 29, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoView of the East end of East Saltoun Parish Church from the South EastInterior.
View of pulpit from NE.Interior.
View of stained glass window in the N wall.Interior.
View of Fletcher Vault from SW corner looking towards entrance.General view from SE.Interior.
View of the stained glass window on the SW side of the nave.Scan copy of East Saltoun Parish Church generated in Adobe IllustratorInterior.
View of stained glass window in North wall.View of Church from S.General oblique aerial view of the village, taken from the WNW.Oblique aerial photograph of East Saltoun centred on theParish Church and Graveyard, taken from the SW.View of the North transept of East Saltoun Parish Church including the entrance to the Fletcher VaultInterior.
View of vestry from SE.Detail of inscription on S face of steeple.
Insc. 
'DEO. O. M. ET SACRUM
LORD INNERPEFFER. ANDREW FLETCHER ESQ. THE PATRIOT  
LORD MILTON  
THIS SPIRE WAS ERECTED BY GEN. FLETCHER CAMPBELL AS A MONUMENT TO THE VIRTUE OF HIS ANCESTORS AND AN EXAMPLE FOR THEIR POSTERITY TO IMITATE. SALTON 1805.'Interior.
Detail showing the stained glass window on the SW side of the nave.View from S.View from SW.Detail showing gravestone.East Saltoun, Parish Church And Churchyard, NT46NE 29, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoInterior.
View from E.

Administrative Areas

  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Saltoun
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT46NE 29 47446 67877.

Church built in 1805 on the site of an earlier church.

C McWilliam 1978

Architecture Notes

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

National Library: Saltoun Collection - 1 print elevation

Activities

Photographic Survey (1956)

Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1956.

Measured Survey (1997)

RCAHMS carried out a measured survey of East Saltoun Parish Church and produced a plan of the church and the crypt

Project (February 2014 - July 2014)

A data upgrade project to record war memorials.

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