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The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Scottish Episcopal
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. It is part of the
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Church building

The church building in Springfield Terrace was erected in 1852–54 to the designs of John Henderson of Edinburgh.
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contributed the chancel screen and panelling in 1927. The church has a large oblong nave and north aisle with chancel and side chapel. The tower with
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d spire is at the north-west of the nave and the spire is a prominent landmark on the skyline of the town. The materials are
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and slate. It was
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as Category B in 1971. The rectory, also by Henderson, is separately listed as Category C. The organ is by Blackett & Howden of Newcastle upon Tyne.


History of the congregation

The Episcopalians were driven out of Arbroath parish church in 1694 and met in a series of meeting houses in the town. A Qualified congregation was formed about 1760. After the Episcopal and Qualified congregations joined in 1806 they worshipped in the former Qualified chapel, St Mary's which was sold in 1859 after the present church was built. The St Ninian's United Free Church (now disused) stands on the site of the earlier St Mary's.


Records

Church records for St Mary's are at
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Archives among the Brechin Diocesan Library Manuscripts.


See also

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St Andrew's Parish Church, Arbroath St Andrew's Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland located in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. The church building was constructed in the late 1880s. In 2007 the church underwent extensive refurbishment, funded by donations from th ...
(Church of Scotland) *
St John's Methodist Church, Arbroath St John's Methodist Church, on Ponderlaw Street, Arbroath, Scotland, was founded by John Wesley on 6 May 1772. The nave is octagonal and the church has been nicknamed Totum Kirkie from 'totum', an eight-sided spinning top, and 'kirk', the Scottish ...


References


External links


The church's website

Scottish Church Heritage Research
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