Tour Scotland Video North Transept Stained Glass Window Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the North Transept stained glass window in St John's Kirk, on ancestry, history visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire. Gifted by Lord Dewar, the window was by Herbert Hendrie and dedicated in 1930. Representing Perth's oldest and most historically-significant building, the A-listed St. John's Kirk is located between the High Street and South Street, at the heart of the Mediaeval city centre. It was this church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, that gave Perth its former name of St. Johnstoun. There was a church here in 1126, when King David I extracted funds to support Dunfermline Abbey, but it was probably not completed until 1242, when it was dedicated by David de Bernham, the Bishop of St Andrews. It had become a foundation of considerable importance, because King Alexander III's heart was buried here in 1286.
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