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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CHURCH on the Site of St Catherine's Chapel [Newburgh] | Church (parish) (on site of) St.Catherine's Chapel, | George White\nDavid Naughton\nRobert Wilson Newburgh | 004 | [situation] North side of High Street \nThis is the parish Church of Newburgh, It is a large and neat Gothic Structure Ornamented With butresses and with a Small belfry Surmounted with pinnacles. it is well fitted up with galleries pews .&. it Contains 1000 Sittings It was built in the year 1833 on the site of St. Catherine's Chapel. this latter was taken down in the year 1832. and was first built and used as a Roman Catholic Chapel of ease. in Connection with the Ph [Parish] Chapel of Abdie, from the reformation till its removal as above it was used as a Ph [Parish] Church. And it Stood within the present one which is much larger than it was adjoining it and within a stone wall which encloses the church is a Small burying ground now disused. |
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[Page] 5 \nParish of Newburgh -- Plan 4.D. Trace No 2\n\nChurch on the Site of St Catherine's Chapel [Note] Part of this name i.e. (on the site of St Catherine's Chapel) cannot be written on Plan for want of space.\n\nChurch on the Site of St Catherine's Chapel [Note] \n"Originally this parish formed part of the neighbouring \nparish of Abdie there being a chapel within the burgh \ndedicated to St Catharine besides the church of the \nmonastery of Lindores in the immediate neighbourhood." \nFullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland.\n\nThe parish church is an old Popish chapel situated \nwithin the town of Newburgh which in consequence \nof a late thorough repair has been made a very convenient \nplace of worship. Old Stat.Acct. Vol. [Statistical Account Volume] 8 page 188. published 1793
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 38 - Parishes of Newburgh and Abdie, OS1/13/38
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Newburgh, and Abdie.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the counties of Fife in the east of Scotland and Kinross in central Scotland. The boundaries of these counties were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.
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