Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video, with Scottish music, of the exterior and interior of St Cuthbert's Kirk on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Dalmeny, Britain, United Kingdom. The present church building is recognised as the finest Romanesque parish church still in use in Scotland, and one of the most complete in the United Kingdom, lacking only its original western tower which was rebuilt in a sympathetic style in the early 20th century. St Cuthbert's Church was probably built in about 1160 by Gospatric III, Earl of Lothian, the grandson of Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria, England, who had fled into exile in Scotland following the Norman conquest of England. This is a little speculative, but Gospatric III owned estates in the area and was known as an important religious patron. It was constructed by at least some of the same masons who had been responsible for work in the Abbey Church at Dunfermline in the 1140s and 1150s, and others who later worked on St Athernase Church, Leuchars, Fife, in the 1180s. Rosebery Aisle was built on the north side of the church in 1671 by an ancestor of the Earls of Rosebery. This comprised an upper floor lairds' loft which allowed the family to worship in comfort and privacy, with a family burial vault below. Dalmeny is located on the south side of the Firth of Forth, 1 mile South East of South Queensferry and 8 miles West of Edinburgh city centre. It lies within the traditional boundaries of West Lothian,. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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