New Vestry to replace former lean-to dedicated. We have an index to the burial ground, which is owned and maintained by South Lanarkshire Council. In the past we have been able to assist families to locate graves, including a number of visitors from overseas. Beside the original gates are the remains of a small building. This was used as a shelter for elders, and indeed the minister, who organized themselves to protect the graves against the Resurrections — people who were employed by anatomists during the 18th and 19th centuries to steal recently dead bodies from their graves.
There are no bodies here now as they have been removed and buried within their old land curtilage. Recently restored, the tomb now houses only the burial stones of dogs owned by the family.
Log in Login to your account. Log in. Remember Me Forgot your password? Pillars were inserted to carry the old roof. Round towers, similar to those built about the same time at Slains Castle just over n mile away - were added to give access to the galleries. Six years later a Session House was built; this is now the vestry.
A new pulpit was erected and the seating was renewed. In the back pews were removed to make it possible to enlarge the vestibule. In the chancel was carpeted and three years later, just after celebrating its bicentenary, the church was redecorated. In , to celebrate the New Millennium, an extensive downstairs renovation took place bringing the church in line with the requirements of the Disability Act.
A ramp was installed at the vestry door and a disabled toilet and an induction loop system installed inside. Also created were a small meeting room and a new welcome area which combined to reduce the seating capacity downstairs. The meeting room is called The Mary Garden Room in memory of a principal benefactor of Cruden Church All these changes have helped give Cruden Parish Church a distinctive look and have helped create a fine setting for the worship of God.
Between the two doors into the church building, on the outside wall there is a plaque which gives the dates of the building's erection and the two subsequent major alterations in and Danish Stone This large flat slab of marble lies inside the east gate and is said to have been sent over from Denmark to mark the grave of a Danish prince slain in the battle of Cruden in the year The marble is grooved and it is thought that at some time a plate of copper had been inserted into it with some inscription.
Not many Parish Churches will have memorials of Episcopalian Bishops but Cruden can be proud of its connection with these two. Bishop Drummond was Bishop of Brechin from to He was ejected by the victory of Presbyterianism and retired to stay in Slains Castle until he died in By his generosity the church was enriched with two silver communion cups, and he initiated the building of the bridge leading to the church which is still known as "The Bishop's Bridge. Bishop William Dunbar was minister of Cruden from until He was very diligent and well liked and nearly all the congregation joined him when he was forced to leave Cruden because of his Episcopalianism.
He died in The Scroll of Appreciation presented to Mr Ross to commemorate the 60th anniversary of his becoming Cruden minister can be seen in the vestry. Also in the vestry there hangs a portrait of a former parish schoolmaster. Bell The Old Bell, used to peal as worshippers walked from miles around to attend church, was taken down at the beginning of this century.
One of the oldest bells in Aberdeenshire, the date inscribed on it is Font This ancient font was in use in Cruden Kirk from the 12th century until Covenanting times when a large piece was knocked out of the side. Stones There are two pieces of stone which were discovered in when the south wall was partly taken down to build the extension for the organ. Speeches over, the stone was swung into position and then formally laid by the Duke using a presentation trowel in a silver sheath.
The Duchess then scattered corn, wine and oil over the stone. The stone itself is in two parts, each weighing half a ton, is visible from the west wall of the chancel. Some thirty articles are contained in a glass jar in the stone: copies of the address delivered that day, photographs of the Minister and Senior Elder, names of office bearers, a description of the new church, a photograph of the old church, newspapers, church magazines and coins of the realm.
Relics of the occasion are still preserved within the church, a photograph of the silver trowel used by the Duke of Portland, also the mallet, the level and the square used in setting the stone.
Three of these articles were made from a piece of old oak from a pawl placed at the pier-end of Troon, when the harbour was originally built and which stood there till just before The wood was found to be exceedingly hard and the articles were formed from a design by the architect, Mr Blanc. The Troon Times of in a special article pays particular tribute to two laymen, who along with the Minister and the Architect, were closely and liberally identified with the building of the church.
Though often out of Troon for a considerable part of the year, Mr Dickie nevertheless was closely linked and deeply interested in the building of the church. Like Mr Wood he was of a generous nature, he later donated the richly carved stone font which is in use in the sanctuary. Visit our news page for details of events and special services. There are a large number of church groups and organisations, catering for a wide range of interests and ages, meeting throughout the year in our Halls.
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