Parish Church On Visit To Ardler Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video of the parish church on visit to Ardler, Perthshire. The church at Ardler was erected in memory of James Drummond Carmichael, born 1849, died 1881, by his father Peter Carmichael, a Dundee textile mill manager and senior partner in Baxter Brothers and Company Limited. Peter Carmichael family had purchased the nearby Arthurstone estate in 1869 and expanded it to include other nearby farms including East and West Ardler. In 1885 Ardler church opened under its first Minister, Reverend Robert Milne. Its parish encompassed parts of the neighbouring parishes of Coupar Angus, Kettins and Meigle. The Church and Manse were built of red standstone. The church had a very tall spire which was visible from all around. The interior was regarded as one of the most beautiful in the Valley of Strathmore with the best Baltic pinewood and intricate carvings above every doorway. The church bell was cast in Whitechapel in London and was named Grace Margaret in memory of Drummond Carmichael’s mother who had died 10 years before him. In 1959 The Reverend Peter Fenton died and permission was not given to appoint another Minister. From this time a new charge was formed with a link to Kettins. The Reverend Roland M Boyd Scott became Minister of the linked parish of Kettins and Ardler. The congregations remained separate running their own affairs. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. The surname Carmichael was first found in Lanarkshire, Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig, a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow. Carmichael has been spelled Carmichael, Carmichail, Carmichale, Carmicham, Carmackhell and many more. George Carmichael arrived in Adelaide, Australia, aboard the ship Navarino in 1837; Duncan Carmichael, aged 30, arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship Jane Gifford, in 1842; David Carmichael arrived in Wellington, New Zealand, aboard the ship Wild Duck in 1860; Donald Carmichael settled in Digdeguash, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1783; James Carmichael landed in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1848; John Carmichael arrived in Maine, America, in 1651; Dugald Carmichael and his wife Catherine and four children settled in New York state, America, in 1739. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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