Tour Scotland photograph of the Old Parish Church and graveyard cemetery in Blackford, Perthshire, Scotland. The Parish of Blackford was formerly the Parish of Strageath. At the time of the Reformation the new Presbyterian church was built at Blackford, being the centre of population of the Parish. Its first minister, Alex Gall, was inducted in 1574. An Act of Parliament in 1617 officially recognised the relocation of the church from its medieval site at Strageath to Blackford. The old Parish Church on the hill above Blackford was built in 1738, and following its destruction by fire, was rebuilt in the same year and could accommodate a congregation of 500.
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