Parish Church And Graveyard Airlie Angus Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video of the parish church and graveyard on visit to Airlie in Angus Region. There are no visible remains of the medieval parish church of Airlie which stood in the burial ground at Kirton of Airlie. The present church was built in the late 18th century with additions in 1893, replacing a church probably built around 1603. The surname Airlie was first found in Somerset, England, where one of the first records of the name was John de Earlea in 1162. The name Airlie is of Anglo Saxon origin. It was name for a male who was of manly character. The surname Airlie originally derived from the Old English word Eorlic which referred to one who displayed manly characteristics. Parish ministers at Airlie have included; Andrew Ogilvie from 1567 to 1589, William Malcolm from 1590 to 1636, John Malcolm from 1637 to 1646, John Robertson from 1650 to 1662, John Lyon from 1663 to 1681, Frederick Lyon from 1682 to 1699, William Lyon of Wester Ogil from 1700 to 1743, David Thomson from 1743 to 1779, James Stormonth of Kinclune from 1780 to 1809, Robert Aikman from 1810 to 1832, David White from 1833 to 1843, Thomas Reid from 1843 to 1889, William Wilson from 1890 to 1931.

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