Tour Scotland travel video of a Spring road trip drive, with Scottish music from Glenfarg on the narrow roads through the hills to visit the parish church in Bridge Of Earn in Perthshire. Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, a small town in Perth and Kinross. There has been a Christian witness within the parish for more than 1300 years. The present building was built in 1787 to replace an existing church on the same site that was built in 1684. In 1923 the interior of the church was reconstructed and furnished by Laurence Pullar of Dunbarney and his wife, in whose memory a stained glass window was erected by the congregation. Laurence Pullar was was born on 13 September 1838 at 36 Mill Street in Perth the son of John Pullar, born 1803, died 1878 a dyer who later founded Pullars of Perth and who was Provost of Perth from 1867 to 1873. He later became a principal partner in the company, and ran the huge Keirfield Manufacturing Works on the south side of Bridge of Allan, assisted by his younger brother Edmund Pullar. A keen amateur geographer, Pullar's name attaches to an impressive bathymetric chart of Loch Assynt dated 1885, and he appears to have been a competent surveyor and draughtsman. In this task he appears to have utilised the same equipment as later used by Sir John Murray and entitled by Sir John " Pullar's Sounding Machine. " In 1895 Sir John Murray awarded him a Challenger Medal for his contributions to the Challenger Expedition. The Medal reads " in recognition of his generosity in the promotion of scientific research ". The Challenger expedition of 1872 to 1876 was a scientific program that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography. The expedition was named after the naval vessel that undertook the trip, HMS Challenger. In 1897 Pullar funded the four year survey of Scottish fresh water lochs by Sir John Murray, but on condition that Murray employed his son, Frederick, on the project, who proved more than able. The study resulted in the publication of the " Bathymetrical Survey of Scottish Fresh Water Lochs" in 1908. In 1903 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir John Murray, Alexander Buchan, George Chrystal and Sir Arthur Mitchell. He was married to Ellen Ferguson Pattison. Their children included Frederick Pullar tragically drowned in 1901. He died in Bridge of Allan on 22 December 1926 and was buried in Logie Kirkyard, east of Stirling with his son Frederick Pullar and other family members.
Often referred to simply as The Brig, Scots word for bridge. The village grew up on the south bank of an important crossing of the River Earn, whose sandstone bridge existed from at least the early 14th century, when it is known to have been repaired by order of King Robert I of Scotland. The growth of the village in the 19th Century was linked to the popularity of nearby Pitkeathly Wells which ceased to function as a spa in 1949. Established during World War II to cope with an expected influx of casualties after the D-Day landings, Bridge of Earn Hospital was one of Perthshire's leading hospitals and a major source of employment until it was closed in 1993.
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