Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of stained glass windows in the Parish Church in Pittenweem on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the East Neuk of Fife. The Helen Bowman Memorial stained glass window in the Parish Church was bequeathed by Helen Bowman in memory of those from Pittenweem area that died in the two World Wars. Helen died on the 15th of July, 1944. The John Bayne Peat Memorial stained glass window in the Parish Church is To the Glory of God and in memory of his servant John Bayne Peat, born 1867, died 1958. The David Black Memorial stained glass window in the Parish Church is To the Glory of God and in loving memory of David Black, born 1880, died 1958, and of his wife Mary Margaret Black, also born 1880, died 1958.The William McBain Memorial stained glass window in the Parish Church is To The Glory of God and loving memory of William McBain, Fisherman and Elder of this church, born 30th of March, 1920, died 5th of May, 1973. This window given by his wife and family in 1974.The is also a restoration stained glass window in the Parish Church at Pittenweem and a War Memorial stained glass window in the Parish Church at Pittenweem To the Glory of God and in memory of the men of Pittenweem who fell in the two World Wars.
This Scottish Parish Church date back to the 1300s and originally formed part of the priory church of Pittenweem Priory. The church was extended in 1532 and the interior was refurbished in 1883 in Victorian style with new entrance galleries and stairs. At the base of the bell tower is a dungeon type door, the Scottish witch trials in Pittenweem between 1704 and 1705 saw the accused kept in this room and also the St Fillans cave nearby.
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