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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church | Church Church Church |
Rev. [Reverend] Charles Buchan D.D. [Doctor of Divinity] George Malchome Teacher John Garland Factor |
020.05 | The parish church is a fine handsome building in the Gothic style, erected in 1829 with a tower 93 feet high and contains 1230 sittings. In the burying ground are some beautifully carved antique tombstones more tasteful and ornate than usually occur in rural grave yards. - |
| Manse | Manse Manse Manse |
Rev. [Reverend] Charles Buchan D.D. [Doctor of Divinity] George Malchome Teacher John Garland Factor |
020.05 | The Manse is a plain but conspicuous building, two Storeys, slated and in good repair. |
| School | School School School |
Rev. [Reverend] Charles Buchan D.D. [Doctor of Divinity] George Malchome Teacher John Garland Factor |
020.05 | The Parish Schoolhouse is a neat little house, one storey, Slated and in excellent repair. The rudiments of an english education are taught, and the average attendance 100. The celebrated Dr. [Doctor] Beattie of Aberdeen was for sometime Schoolmaster of the parish school. |
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[Page] 121 -- Parish of Fordoun"Fordoun was a vicarage belonging to the Archbishop of St Andrews
and was Called a Mensal Church, the teinds of the parish being
allotted for the support of the Archbishop's table. Forbes or Tytler
Says it was called "The Mother Church of the Mearns " (New Stat Act) [New Statistical Account].
"The very old church of Fordoun which had stood 200 or 300 years, and was 100 feet long over
walls and 24 feet in breadth at the widest and 16 at the narrowest gave way in 1787 and was
replaced by a new one in 1788, in 1827, the roof of that new church also gave way and was replaced
in 1830 by a large and elegant structure the admiration of all who visit it." (New Stat Act.) [New Statistical Account]
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