Site Represents a site. Denomination Church of Scotland Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Building Current Place of Worship true Parish Aberdour Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St Fillan’s Church, Aberdour Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived sacredlandscapesoffife Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource tt27@st-andrews.ac.uk Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 159 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.05516872561129,-3.29680681184982; Description An account of the resource The parish church of Aberdour first appears in the records in the twelfth century when it was the subject of a dispute between a local lord, William de Mortimer, and the Augustinian canons of Inchcolm. Substantial sections of the current building almost certainly date from the that period, and it was further expanded in the fifteenth century. After the Protestant Reformation, several sections of the church were converted into burial aisles for local noble families. The location of the church so close to their country seat at Aberdour Castle had been a point of contention for the Douglas family for some time, and in 1790 they successfully closed St Fillan’s and opened a new church in Wester Aberdour. Soon after its closure, the roof was removed, and it came close to being completely demolished. Fortunately, shortly after World War I the minister, Robert Johnsone, concocted the bold plan of restoring the church. The restoration was carried out by the architect William Williamson of Kirkcaldy in time for a grand reopening on 7 July 1926. In 1940, the congregation joined the former Free Church of St Colme’s and the parish church of Dalgety in a triple union. It remains an active place of worship. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 04/08/2021 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. (1) D.E. Easson and A. Macdonald, eds, Charters of the abbey of Inchcolm (Scottish History Society, 3rd Series, 1938) (2) David. W Rutherford, St. Fillan's Church, Aberdour (Aberdour, 1974), Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 10/05/2023 04:21:22 pm Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1170? Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Object The URL of a suitable source image in the best resolution available on the web site of the data provider from which small images could be generated for use in the portal. This will often be the same URL as given in europeana:isShownBy. https://stfillanschurch.org.uk/ Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. St Fillan’s Church, Aberdour Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT