Steeple Church & Dundee Parish Church (St Mary's)
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Steeple Church & Dundee Parish Church (St Mary's)
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 25 Oct 2011
The Steeple church is the western section of Dundee's "City Churches" with Dundee Parish Church (St Mary’s) occupying the east section. Both are congregations in the Church of Scotland, but have differing styles of worship. The church dates back to 1190 but the original buildings have not survived the church having been burnt down on three occasions, the last being in 1841. In the 1870s St Mary's was remodelled, creating the present Victorian Gothic Revival interior (very different from the neighbouring Steeple Church). The Old Steeple dates back to the 1480s. Between 1782 and 1841 there were no less than four Church of Scotland congregations occupying the City Churches under one roof but with separate sanctuaries. After the post 1841 rebuilding there were three congregations, then two since the 1980s – namely Dundee Parish Church (St Mary’s) and the Steeple Church. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundee_Parish_Church_(St_Mary's) – Wikipedia
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Image Location
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56.459318
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-2.973094