Longside old kirk
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Longside old kirk
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 22 May 2021
The kirk with its fine Renaissance bellcote displaying the Sibbald and Bruce arms was built in 1620 when the new parish of Longside was hived-off from Peter-Ugie (now Peterhead). Its disjunction with Peterhead was confirmed by an act of Parliament of 1637: "erectit in ane severall paroch kirk be it selff, and disunited fra the said mother kirk of Peterugie". A-listed (LB9410): http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB9410 as a fine example of a post-Reformation rectangular kirk.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.515236
Longitude
-1.939225