Nigg Parish Kirk
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Nigg Parish Kirk
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 20 Mar 2020
This kirk and was built in 1828-1829 and replaced Image A new turnpike road to Stonehaven, now Wellington Road, had recently been built, and the new kirk was sited here in the expectation that the population of the parish would shift towards the new road. The architect was Aberdeen-born John Smith (1781-1852). It is a Category B listed building, but is no longer in ecclesiastical use.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.119167
Longitude
-2.090313