Rubislaw Parish Kirk
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Rubislaw Parish Kirk
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 16 Mar 2014
The established church in Aberdeen took a battering at the 1843 Disruption, but by the 1870s, it was preparing to expand (and also to compete with the Free Kirk): this B-listed church dating from ca. 1874 (see: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-19947-queen-s-cross-at-fountainhall-road-and-qu ) was established by the impressive sounding Aberdeen Church Extension and Territorial Home Mission Association and aided by "a number of gentlemen resident in the west-end (who) had seen the desirability of having an Established Church in the neighbourhood of Queen's Cross." The use of sandstone was highly unusual for Aberdeen.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.143479
Longitude
-2.127718