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300. ABERCHIRDER - St Marnan
Photographs taken by Jeff Lowndes
History
St Marnan's Church stands on the left at the top of quite a steep hill at the south end of Main Street. It is a small rectangular building with round headed windows. Consecrated in 1824 it was one of the first churches to be built in Banffshire since 1792. The building was encouraged by the Bishop of Moray, Bishop Jolly. Previous to that time the congregation had worshiped in a temporary Chapel at Dens of Mayen.
The Isla-Deveron Group of Episcopal Churches consists of three churches, Holy Trinity in Keith, Christ Church in Huntly and St Marnan in Aberchirder and are part of the United Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness within the Scottish Episcopal Church.
The group takes its name from the two rivers in the area, the Deveron which flows through Huntly and its tributary, the Isla which flows through Keith and joins the Deveron near Aberchirder.
The process whereby these three churches came together began in 1951 when Canon Walter Donald, who was Rector of Christ Church, Huntly was asked to take charge also of St Marnan's Aberchirder, when the incumbent there, Reverend Tom Hopkins, left. This arrangement continued very satisfactorily into the next incumbency of the Reverend Cyril Barnes who became Rector of Christ Church in 1967. In the mid-seventies, the Reverend Tom Gooding, Rector of Holy Trinity in Keith retired and, guided by the Rt. Revd. George Sessford, Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness, Canon Cyril (as he had become) was invited by the Vestry of Holy Trinity, Keith to take on a third member of the Group.
History tells us that when Episcopalian worship was banned after the first Jacobite Rising in 1715 the Episcopalians took to the Ardmeallie woods to worship and estate workers were positioned to watch for the approach of the Redcoats.
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Bishop Mark presiding at St Marnan's, Aberchirder
assisted by Rev David Balfour and Jeff Lowndes (Reader)
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14. JEFF - Church Items & Events
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30. LYNNE'S FAMILY - Old Photo's
33. LYNNE (+ Relatives)
40. LYNNE & JEFF - General
60. LYNNE & JEFF - Home & Garden
65. LYNNE & JEFF'S BUSINESSES
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70. LYNNE & JEFF - Hobbies, Interests & Holidays
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75. SISTER - LYNDA SHIM & FAMILY
100. OUR DAUGHTER - NICOLA RUSSELL (+ Family Groups)
105. GRANDSON - Ted Russell
110. GRANDAUGHTER - Molly Russell
115. GRANDSON - Toby Russell
120. OUR SON - DEE LOWNDES (+ Family Groups)
125. GRANDAUGHTER - Katie Lowndes
130. GRANDAUGHTER - Aimee Lowndes
200. CHURCH WORSHIP (Christian/Anglican)
Background to Worship
210. CHURCH ORGANISATIONS - (MU/Guild etc)
215. COIN (Christians On The Internet)
220. IDEAS & IMAGES (For Meditation & Sermons)
230. THE UNITED DIOCESES OF MORAY, ROSS & CAITHNESS
People & Events
250. THE 9th BISHOP OF MORAY, ROSS & CAITHNESS DIOCESE
+ Mark
300. ABERCHIRDER - St Marnan
305. ABERLOUR - St Margaret
310. ACHILTIBUIE - St Boniface of Ross
315. ARPAFEELIE - St John's
320. BRORA - St Columba
325. BURGHEAD - Mission (at CofS)
330. CROMARTY - St Regulus
335. CULLODEN - St Mary in the Fields
340. DINGWALL - St James
345. DORNOCH - St Finnbarr
350. DUFFTOWN - St Michael's
355. ELGIN - Biblical Garden
Plants, Figures, Info
360. ELGIN - Elgin Cathedral (Ruins)
'Lantern of The North'
365. ELGIN - Holy Trinity
367. ELGIN - Greyfriars Convent
370. FOCHABERS - (Bellie Kirk, CofS)
Not part of the Diocese
375. FOCHABERS - St Mary's Church (RC)
Not part of the Diocese
380. FOCHABERS - Gordon Chapel
385. FOCHABERS - Gordon Chapel Renovations
390. FOCHABERS BY-PASS (A96) - updated as at 20 Feb 2012
400. FORTROSE - St Andrew
405. FORRES - St John's..
410. GLENURQUHART - St Ninian
415. GORDONSTOUN - St C...& Michael Kirk
420. GRANTOWN ON SPEY - St Columba
425. HUNTLY - Christ Church
430. INVERGORDON - St Ninian
435. INVERNESS - St Andrews Cathedral
440. INVERNESS - St John the Evangelist
450. INVERNESS - St Michael & All Angels
455. KEITH - Holy Trinity
460. KINLOCHBERVIE - St Gilbert's Mission
465. KISHORN - Courthill Chapel
470. LAIRG - St Maelrubbas Mission
475. LOCHALSH - St Donnan (Nostie)
480. LOCHINVER - St Gilbert
485. LOSSIEMOUTH - St Margaret's
490. NAIRN - St Columba
495. POOLEWE - St Maelrubba
500. ROTHIEMURCHUS - St John's
505. STRATHNAIRN - St Paul
510. STRATHPEFFER - St Anne
515. TAIN - St Andrew
520. THURSO - St Peter & The Holy Rood
525. TONGUE (?)
530. ULLAPOOL - St Mary the Virgin
540. WICK - St John the Evangelist
600. FLOWERS, PLANTS & TREES
610. PETS, ANIMALS & BIRDS
620. CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES & FEATURES
Those not shown under named villages above
650. LANDSCAPES (Incl: Country Features)
690. FRIENDS
700. MISCELLANEOUS
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