Tour Scotland 4K short Summer travel video clip, with music, of the Parish Church and graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Monzie, Strathearn, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Early Victorian kirk building with artefacts from earlier medieval building. Designed by William Stirling of Dunblane in 1830. Four ancient yew trees in the graveyard predate the building by several hundred years. William Stirling, born 1772, died 1838, was an Architect and builder born in Dunblane into a family of merchants who may have had landed connections, Stirling began his career working with his father but married well and gained work through his wife's relatives. He built several country houses and extended others including Strowan House in 1804, Moncreiffe House in 1821 and Garden House in 1824. Stirling also built a remarkable number of churches namely Logie Parish Church in 1805, Airth Parish Church in 1818, Kippen Parish Church in 1823, Dron Parish Church in 2825, Crieff Old Parish Church in 1826, Tillicoultry Parish Church in 1827, Monzie Church in 1830, Creich Parish Church in 1830, Forteviot Parish Church in 1830, Port of Menteith Parish Church in 1831 and Dunipace Old Parish Church in 1832. He was responsible the Athenaeum in Stirling in 1814, and for repairs on Dunblane Cathedral and the Leighton Library in Dunblane. He built Holmehill House in Dunblane town as his own home, now demolished. He died there and is buried in the churchyard His son, also William, took over his architectural practice. 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. @tourscotland
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