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Slains kirk session, Minutes (1773-1817), CH2/480/6

Kirk sessions are local church courts, the lowest courts in the Church of Scotland and other presbyterian churches. The records of kirk session meetings, decisions and transactions are normally hand-written.

Slains kirk session

A church court that sat within the presbytery of Ellon and the synod of Aberdeen. The church of Slains was dedicated to St Ternan and prior to the reformation it had belonged to the Knights of the Order of the Temple. The parishes of Slains and Forvie were united in 1573.

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