Spring Parish Church And Graveyard Gask Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video of the Parish Church and graveyard on visit to Gask, Perthshire. Gask Church was built in 1800, replacing an earlier church located a mile to the south, near to Gask House. The architect of the stone built, white church was Richard Crichton.

The ancestors of the first family to use the name Crichton were thought to have lived among the Boernician tribe of ancient Scotland. They lived near a border. This surname came from the Gaelic word crioch and the Old English word tune, which mean border and farm or settlement, respectively. Thus, the surname indicates that the original bearer lived near a border. The name may also have derived from a place name, such as Crichton, near Edinburgh, or the territories of Kreiton in Lothian. The surname Crichton was first found in Midlothian, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. The first on record was Turstan Crectune, who was granted lands by King David of Scotland in 1128. Alexander and Thomas Creighton both having territories in Berwickshire rendered homage to King Edward I of England on his brief conquest of Scotland, in 1296.

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