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Kinfauns Parish Church

Coordinates: 56°23′07″N 3°21′08″W / 56.385410°N 3.3521306°W / 56.385410; -3.3521306
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Kinfauns Parish Church
2012 view, looking northwest to Kinnoull Hill
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56°23′07″N 3°21′08″W / 56.385410°N 3.3521306°W / 56.385410; -3.3521306
LocationChurch Road
Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
CountryScotland
DenominationChurch of Scotland
Architecture
Architect(s)Andrew Heiton and John Murray Robertson
Completed1869; 155 years ago (1869)

Kinfauns Parish Church is a Church of Scotland church in Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Dating to 1869, the work of architect Andrew Heiton and John Murray Robertson, it is now a Category C listed building.[1]

The ruined pre-Reformation church dates from the 15th century; however, it stands on the site of a chapel of Scone Abbey that existed as early as 1226.[2]

Ministers

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Notable interments

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The following people are buried in the church's kirkyard, which is also a listed structure:

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kinfauns Parish Church (LB11995)".
  2. ^ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome (1901)
  3. ^ "Gordon, Robert (1786-1853)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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