St Rule's Parish Church With Music On History Visit To Monifieth Angus Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of St Rule's Parish Church and graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Monifieth, Angus, Britain, United Kingdom. The lands were a possession of the Céli Dé monastic order until they were granted to the Tironensian monks of Arbroath Abbey in the early 13th century. Until the early 19th century, Monifieth remained a small village but grew rapidly due to the expansion of the local textile industry. The present St Rule’s church building is the second one to be built on the site. The previous building was pre-Reformation and was demolished in 1812 to make way for the present larger one. George Wishart served as Minister from 1624 to 1626. During this period the church was repaired incorporating stone from the ruined Abbey of Balmerino in Fife. Later Wishart became chaplain to the great Marquis of Montrose, and later still he became Bishop of Edinburgh when he held the Great Seal of Scotland and for a short time was Chancellor of the Realm. He died in 1671 and was buried within the kirk of Holyrood House. James Gerard Young served as Minister in Monifieth for 44 years from 1855 until his death in 1899. In the year 563 Saint Columba set out from Ireland on a mission to the Western Isles and thence the mainland of Scotland. By 597, when the great saint died, the area north of a line between what are now Glasgow and Edinburgh was studded with Christian settlements, all recognising the Abbot of Iona as their master. Among these settlements was St Andrews, where Columba had left one of his companions, an Irish Monk, Riagail, to extend his work. The Latinised forms of Riagail are Regulus or Rule. One of Rule’s initiatives was the establishment of an outpost at Monifieth. The surrounding area was probably well populated then by the Picts. 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 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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