Spring Kirk of St Bride And Cemetery Abernhthy Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video of Apple Blossome trees and the Kirk of St Bride and cemetery on visit to Abernethy, Perthshire. The name Abernethy is an extremely potent name in Scottish history. Here was an ancient Pictish capital, and then an ecclesiastical metropolis of the Celtic Church of the Culdees. A church on this site was founded by Nechtan, King of the Picts and dedicated to St Bride of Kildare. The first stone church was built by Gartnaidh, King of the Picts around 590 AD. After the reformation in 1560 the church was in the care of the Superintendent of St Andrew’s until a minister was apointed. In 1733 the minister at Abernethy seceded with three others. The two churches united in 1951 to form the present parish church. The medieval building was demolished in 1802 prior to the construction of the present church. The church became half of the united charge of Abernethy, Dron and Arngask in 2006.

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