Aberdeen's Historic Churches (Part 1)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ย. 2021
- This video's a big one - covering 46 churches in Aberdeen with more on the way in Part 2!
Sources:
www.scottishchurches.org.uk/si...
www.geograph.org.uk/article/Ab...
www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/servi...
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom...
www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/sites...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
Morgan, D 2004, Lost Aberdeen, Birlinn, Edinburgh.
Brown, F-J 2013, Hidden Aberdeen, Black & White, Edinburgh.
*Once again I've broken TH-cam's character limit for citing my sources in this video so see the pinned comment for more*
Music
"Father Ted theme"
Originally composed by The Divine Comedy
"The most mysterious song on the internet" (not actual title)
Original composer unknown
"Crimond"
Originally composed by Jessie Seymour Irvine
The version in this video is from: www.smallchurchmusic.com/Song...
See my other videos in this series:
The Ancient Road Into Aberdeen
• The Ancient Road Into ...
Aberdeen's Hospitals Of The Past
• Aberdeen's Hospitals O...
What's hidden beneath Union Street?
• What's hidden beneath ...
Aberdeen's Best and Worst Buildings
• Aberdeen's Best and Wo...
Aberdeen's World Famous Whisky
• Aberdeen's World Famou...
Additional sources for this video:
Church Of Scotland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scotland#/media/File:Church_of_Scotland.svg
www.st-stephens.co.uk/about-us/history.html
www.craigiebuckler.org.uk/getting-in-touch/heritage
scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/ferryhill-parish-church-aberdeen/
www.ferryhillparishchurch.org/index.php/information/building-tour/18-a-tour-of-ferryhill-parish-church
www.holburnwestchurch.org.uk/Brief%20History%20of%20Holburn%20West.pdf
web.archive.org/web/20180604063858/mannofieldchurch.org.uk/about-us/history/
www.queenscrosschurch.org.uk/about-us/history/
www.rubislawparishchurchofscotland.org.uk/uploads/2/6/1/6/2616692/rubislaw_church_history_sept_2021_.pdf
portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB19950
img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/d49b10d4-decd-4209-bec5-39112a6c89f2/downloads/RUTHRIESTON%20WEST%20CHURCH%20-%20a%20brief%20history.pdf?ver=1629223272591
www.stmarksaberdeen.org.uk/our-church/history/
www.stmarksaberdeen.org.uk/our-church/introduction/
www.torrystfitticks.org/history
www.stmachar.com/buildings_history.htm
findery.com/rlwjones/notes/at-the-crook-of-the-river
[Diane Morgan Lost Aberdeen]
www.stmarysparishchurch.org/
[Diane Morgan Lost Aberdeen]
www.aberdeen-harbour.co.uk/about-us/history/houdini-emerges-from-the-depths-of-aberdeen-harbour/
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-times/2249855/the-silent-bells-of-st-nicholas-and-other-tales-from-mither-kirks-800-years-at-the-heart-of-aberdeen/
portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB19976
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Anderson#/media/File:John_henry_anderson_grave.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Clement%27s_(East)_Church,_Aberdeen.jpg
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=57.14874&lon=-2.09516&layers=175&b=1
facebook.com/InstantNeighbour/
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/1881526/aberdeen-reverend-reflects-on-changing-society-as-he-marks-20th-anniversary/
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/scotland/107183/gay-clergy-plans-backed-by-kirk-general-assembly/
www.stonewall.org.uk/node/28593
www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/may/24/scotland-aberdeen-gay-priest-protestant
www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12388006.gay-minister-row-threatens-split-kirk-warns-queens-chaplain/
Free and United Free
www.bafreechurch.org.uk/index.php/resources/general-interest?download=7:centenary-1905-to-2005
www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=205256
www.torryuf.co.uk/ourhistory.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Presbyterian_Church_of_Scotland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mackay,_Baron_Mackay_of_Clashfern
www.fpchurch.org.uk/history/history-of-congregations/aberdeen-history/
maps.nls.uk/view/74414884
Episcopal
maps.nls.uk/townplans/aberdeen_sw.html
anglican.ink/2020/03/08/scottish-episcopal-church-issues-new-advice-on-covid-19-for-members-and-clergy/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Cathedral,_Aberdeen
www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/4383/name/St+James+Episcopal+Church%2C+Aberdeen+Aberdeen+Grampian
www.stjohnsaberdeen.co.uk/history/
[Diane Morgan Lost Aberdeen]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Margaret_of_Scotland,_Aberdeen
stmaryscardenplace.org.uk/about-us/history/history-the-early-years/
Catholic
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Aberdeen#/media/File:OLA_St_Mary's_Aberdeen.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_du_Bon_Succ%C3%A8s#/media/File:Notre_Dame_du_Bon_Succes__-Brussels-__Smith.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church#/media/File:Emblem_of_the_Papacy_SE.svg
www.britannica.com/topic/Roman-Catholicism
www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-social-attitudes-survey-2014-public-attitudes-sectarianism-scotland/pages/5/
www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2018-01/2011%20Census%20Electoral%20Ward%20Statistics%20Aberdeen%20City.pdf
www.stmaryscathedralaberdeen.org/about-us/catheral/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Aberdeen
[Fiona-Jane Brown Book]
Salvation Army
www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fencrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcTpAkQn7kb6Uv5qlZ_zybsVpFLzlc1XNK1TKISq-G7Tvib-3bFh&psig=AOvVaw1WCzV0FU0U91nwdqQ2y5Mz&ust=1636220233358000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjhxqFwoTCJicjsDhgfQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAT
salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/our-history
www.silvercityvault.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&key=SXsiTiI6MTgsIlAiOnsidmFsdWUiOiJjaXRhZGVsIiwib3BlcmF0b3IiOiIxIiwiZnV6enlQcmVmaXhMZW5ndGgiOiI1IiwiZnV6enlNaW5TaW1pbGFyaXR5IjowLjgsIm1heFN1Z2dlc3Rpb25zIjoiNSIsImFsd2F5c1N1Z2dlc3QiOm51bGx9fQ&pg=4&WINID=1634827990461#xo8nCKg14RAAAAF8opIvsQ/519
Unitarian
www.ukunitarians.org.uk/aberdeen/
web.archive.org/web/20190720064055/www.aberdeen-unitarians.org.uk/
Methodist
www.methodist.org.uk/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodist_Church_of_Great_Britain
www.aberdeenmethodist.org.uk/history.htm
www.aberdeenmethodist.org.uk/EarlyMethodisminAberdeen.pdf
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=57.14968&lon=-2.09533&layers=48&b=3
maps.nls.uk/view/218516604
Baptist
www.baptist.org.uk/
www.silvercityvault.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&key=SnsiTiI6OCwiUCI6eyJpdGVtaWQiOiI5MjU2MSIsInBlcmNlbnRUZXJtc1RvTWF0Y2giOiIwLjYiLCJtYXhRdWVyeVRlcm1zIjoiMjAiLCJtaW5Eb2NGcmVxIjoiMSIsIm1pblRlcm1GcmVxIjoiMSJ9fQ&pg=6&WINID=1634897721055#wjKXc3Fc0IoAAAF8p39twg/97038
www.silvercityvault.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&key=SXsiTiI6NSwiUCI6eyJ2YWx1ZSI6ImdlcnJhcmQgc3RyZWV0Iiwib3BlcmF0b3IiOiIxIiwiZnV6enlQcmVmaXhMZW5ndGgiOiI1IiwiZnV6enlNaW5TaW1pbGFyaXR5IjowLjgsIm1heFN1Z2dlc3Rpb25zIjoiNSIsImFsd2F5c1N1Z2dlc3QiOm51bGx9fQ&pg=4&WINID=1634897721055#wjKXc3Fc0IoAAAF8p39twg/98020
www.crownterracebaptistchurch.org.uk/498943507671.htm
aberdeenchinesecc.org.uk/accc-history/
cdn.scottishbaptist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/04193509/Church-list-29-March-2021.pdf
aberdeencf.com/
Bretheren
brethrenpedia.org/index.php/Aberdeenshire,_Scotland
biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/bq/33-8_372.pdf
www.preciousseed.org/article_detail.cfm?articleID=3187
archives.aberdeencity.gov.uk/CalmView/record/catalog/BW/2267
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=57.15016&lon=-2.09928&layers=168&b=1
Assembly Of God
generationschurch.uk/about/
Association of Vineyard Churches
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Vineyard_Churches#/media/File:Vineyard_Word_Mark_Logo.png
canmore.org.uk/site/174084/aberdeen-gilcomston-park-baptist-church
Elim
www.elim.org.uk/
www.elimaberdeen.com/elim-pentecostal-churches/
www.silvercityvault.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&key=SXsiTiI6OSwiUCI6eyJ2YWx1ZSI6Imtpbmcgc3RyZWV0IGNodXJjaCIsIm9wZXJhdG9yIjoiMSIsImZ1enp5UHJlZml4TGVuZ3RoIjoiNSIsImZ1enp5TWluU2ltaWxhcml0eSI6MC44LCJtYXhTdWdnZXN0aW9ucyI6IjUiLCJhbHdheXNTdWdnZXN0IjpudWxsfX0&pg=7&WINID=1634919109957#wjKXc3Fc0IoAAAF8p39twg/96878
portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB50951
Independent Evangelical
online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/smrpub/master/detail.aspx?tab=main&refno=NJ90NW0874
www.hebronaberdeen.org.uk/Groups/252868/Our_History.aspx
International Presbytarian
mobile.twitter.com/uk_ipc/with_replies
portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB20644
web.archive.org/web/20120309010846/trinityaberdeen.org.uk/
Redeemed Christian Church of God
www.rccguk.church/
www.rccg.org/our-history/
leadnet.org/world/
Watchman Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement
vowtelevision.com/breaking-news-lagos-workers-meeting-to-hold-in-three-zones-tomorrow/
www.wccrm-europe.org/watchman-europe-2/wccrm-in-united-kingdom/
Thankyou some great links
Harry Houdini visited John Henry Anderson's grave when he visited Aberdeen. Unfortunately he found the headstone in disrepair and so paid for It to be restored and also its perpetual upkeep. It explains why it is in much better condition than many of the other headstones In the churchyard.
I've been a subscriber for a while now and enjoy your videos immensely.
I have noticed however that you aren't getting anywhere near the amount of veiws you deserve.
Have you considered advertising your channel around the city? I feel that a lot of folks would be interested in watching your work if they only knew it existed.
Please keep it up, you really are very good at this👍
Hi Callum - many thanks for the kind words.
I make these videos because I enjoy making them and I enjoy finding new angles to think about things - in this instance I hoped to tell a bigger story about how the current tapestry of denominations came about from a local angle - I think it helps to contextualise questions we ask ourselves when we spot things walking around the city - ie “what is that?” “Why is that there?” “How did that come about?” - I do it for my own curiosity more than anything else but am very happy to read that people are enjoying these videos.
I think it’s interesting to see how video views and word about them grow organically without interaction from myself - I sometimes spot them being talked about on Facebook or Reddit, which is pretty cool - so no plans to advertise but I appreciate the sentiment!
Fantastic. You beat me to it. I could never have done the cracking job you have succeeded in doing. I have always wanted to find out how many Kirks there are in Aberdeen and the dates seem to be around 1880 when Aberdeen fairly grew giving I would think a lot of building and design work. Great stuff.
Many thanks for the kind words Beau - a more comprehensive list than mine which covers closed and contemporary churches - although I have found that it is definitely not “complete” it’s pretty close:
www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/places/region/Grampian/parish/Aberdeen
After I complete part 2 my list of historic churches should be close to 80 total.
Excellent redoing of Like The Wind at the end Very good!!!
These are so interesting being from aberdeen mate, such simple concepts but you’re putting lots of graft in making these videos, keep it up 👌🏼👌🏼
Cheers Brandon S - glad you’re enjoying them :)
your videos are excellent and deserve so many more views. Thank you for your effort and for revealing the history of my adopted city!
Many thanks for the kind comment bhussey - glad you are enjoying the videos!
Thanks for making this, I've attended a few of those churches while I was in Aberdeen as a student. I was previously a member at the Fountain Hall. I appreciate the time and effort making this, thanks again.
Hi Christopher - thanks for the kind words!
Part 2 should be coming out in the coming month or two where I'll be looking at church buildings in Aberdeen that are no longer in use as a church - I've collated 40 buildings that I want to cover so far so looks like it'll be as big as this video!
Very interesting and well presented. The Episcopal church pronounces the word diocese as (die-oh-sis) Locally represented as the diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney.
Evangelical is pronounced (Eve-an-gel-ick-al). Many thanks.
Thanks highten443!
Yeah I caught my mis-pronunciation of diocese *after* I did the recording, as usual! Lol. I think I made a reference to it at the end of the video?
Love your videos! When will part 2 be out??
Hi Lewis - thanks! It gets harder for me to get good light for photography with my schedule at this time of year and part 1 was quite a lot of work - so most likely into the new year before I make Part 2.
Planning to put out some shorter videos between now and then though!
Always a joy to see an upload from you.
Thanks Scott!
I can't wait for part 2
There must have been a colossal amount of building work going on in Aberdeen from the mid 1800s. I'm struggling to imagine the amout of workforce needed to build these beautiful buildings .
1800s must have been a generation of grafters. Not only to build these but to hew the granite out of the ground and dress it as well.
It's hard to imagine, but looking at street plans you can see where the Stewart Milnes of the day got their patches of land and built great rows of houses - all similar, yet compared to todays housing schemes they look downright bespoke.
I guess the creative flourish of a smattering of pink granite may have been the deciding factor in purchasing from one developer over the other. Imagine trying to decide which new house you want to buy but you're weighing up if you prefer the flair of Argyll Street versus the large rooms of Desswood Place - rather than weighing up if you want the free LCD or the Washing Machine.
@@duthies there must have been a time when it felt like Aberdeen was one big building site.
And we all complain when BT are digging up the pavement for fibre.
Intresting thankyou ive traced a lot of ancesters to Aberdeen
Thanks! You've probably come across it already but this website which also has a bricks and mortar walk-in on King Street here seems to be useful for tracing family history: www.anesfhs.org.uk/
Best TH-camr ever.
Thank you Arthur!
On the corner of Crimon Place there is a church like building now used by the Boys Brigade, I wonder if it was Church of Scotland many years ago.
Hi - that’s the Aberdeen batallion headquarters. I’m sure I’ve looked that up before and I can’t find any record of it being a church - seems it’s just always been a hall.
How come they (almost) all have the spire to the side instead of in the center?
That’s a good question! I’m going to have to look through all the photos together to see how many are offset and if there’s any pattern with the architect or period.
@@duthies Well, I didn't count but of those that did have a spire the majority seemed to have it to one side. That's another thing that seemed strange to me: the many churches that didn't have a tower at all.
It must be some architectural tradition or trend to have the spire on the side. Maybe a peculiarity of the British Isles.
@@dcbsmt some of the spires were only built after the main body of the church was complete as and when funding was available. Rubislaw church is one example. Sometimes they never managed to raise the money and the spire went unbuilt - St James on Union St is an example of that - both are in Part 1. You can see what St James would have looked like in it’s illustration in Gammie’s book.
Perhaps designing churches with offset spires allowed them to be built in this way. I imagine it would take a lot of re-working the roof to add a spire in the middle at a later date.
@@duthies That's a good point. Slapping a tower to the side of a building later is certainly easier than trying to wedge it in in the middle somewhere.
What about King's College in old Aberdeen?
Should be in Part 2!
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Do you live in Aberdeen?
If you're asking about the accent, I didn't grow up in the city so I naturally sound a bit more broad when talking naturally.
Ha ha! I just said about the Kirks in the last comment....
Yeah ill watch this.
Do the statues! Were they pulled down in the blm riots where every other statue was in the country?
No statues brought down here - but at the same time, I don't think he have any statues dedicated to businessmen in general - never mind ones linked to the slave trade.
We've got Albert and Victoria - who had a really good relationship with Aberdeen (thinking of making a video about that), King Edward, Robbie Burns, Robert the Bruce and William Wallace, and then I think there's just General Gordon. Oh, then there's MacLeod's statue (co created penicillin) which is new. Most of the others are obelisks or abstract art. Different culture in Scotland I think - we tend to celebrate philanthropists and Scottish heroes rather than folks who made the empire rich.
I saw on one of your videos on union Street .... Or someone's ... There was a corner with statues where all the winos sat. The pigeon poo statues... Are they gone? I ca' mind ...
@@carolinetarrant2486 sorry not sure. The only corner I can think there there’s more than one statue is on Union Terrace and Union Street. King Edwards statue which is flanked underneath by a couple others, was removed briefly for cleaning while Union Terrace Gardens was being refurbed recently.