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The current parish church was built between 1827 and 1829 by John Smith. The church was built on the opposite side of the Luther Water was built next to an older chapel dedicated to St. Palladius and was formerly known as
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Auchenblae developed as two separate settlements, Fordoun and
Auchenblae, that merged in the latter half of the 19th century. The older settlement of Fordoun was centred on Fordoun Parish Church in the south of the current village which has been a religious site since the
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in 1847. The church was built at the north of
Burnett Street beside the Luther Water. In 1848, the Free Church congregation had a membership of 333 but by 1900 this had declined to 137. The parish joined the
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design in 1870 to a design by the Architect Johnstone and is Category B listed. The cost of construction was £500, most of which was raised by a
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2055:(Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2017).
1645:. Scotland: Neil Wilson Publishing. p. 63.
1747:"Mearns murder house goes on the rental market"
1592:A General View of Kincardineshire or the Mearns
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