Tour Scotland Photograph And Video Collessie Church

Tour Scotland photograph of Collessie Church, North Fife, Scotland. This Scottish church was consecrated by the Bishop of St. Andrews in July 1243. It is mentioned in charters of both 1252 and 1262, and so was complete by those dates. Prior to the Reformation, the church was in the ownership of the Bishop of Lindores and was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The church was remodelled in 1839 to a T-plan form and has remained virtually unchanged since that date. The churchyard has been used since at least the 12th century. It was extended both in 1840 and 1871.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Interior Collessie Church Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the interior of the church in Collessie, Fife, Scotland. Collessie Kirk, the third ecclesiastical structure on this site, sacred since the medieval period.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Doors Collessie Kirk Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of a door at the church in Collessie, Fife, Scotland. The church was consecrated by the Bishop of St. Andrews in July 1243. It is mentioned in charters of both 1252 and 1262, and so was complete by those dates. Prior to the Reformation, the church was in the ownership of the Abbot of Lindores and was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In 1742 and 1743 Rev Hugh Blair was the minister of Collessie.





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Tour Scotland Photographs Cemetery Collessie Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the cemetery in Collessie, Fife, Scotland.





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Tour Scotland Photograph John Inglis Gravestone Collessie Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the John W. Inglis gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in Collessie, Collessie, Fife, Scotland. In loving memory of John W. Inglis, late Stationmaster, Collessie, who died 8th December, 1895, aged 80.

The Inglis surname is a Scottish form of the word referring to a Scottish border dweller of English as distinct from Celtic stock. Variant forms of the surname as it has evolved include Ingull, Ingle, Inglish and Ingliss. A famous Inglis was Charles Inglis, born 1731, died 1781, a rear admiral who was present at the Relief of Gibraltar in 1781.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Henry Oswald Gravestone Collessie Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the Henry Oswald gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in Collessie, Fife, Scotland. Here lies the corpse of Henry Oswald who died suddenly in August of 1791.

This surname was derived from the Old English elements of os meaning " god " and weald meaning " power, ruler ". Saint Oswald was a king of Northumbria who introduced Christianity to north east England in the 7th century before being killed in battle. There was also an Old Norse cognate Ásvaldr in use in England, being borne by the 10th century Saint Oswald of Worcester, who was of Danish ancestry. Though the name had died out by the end of the Middle Ages, it was revived in the 19th century.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Garth Clunie Gravestone Collessie Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the Garth Thomas Fraser Clunie gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in Collessie, Fife, Scotland. In ever loving memory of our dear wee son Garth Thomas Fraser Clunie, who went to Jesus, 26th August, 1957, aged 4. Always in our hearts.

This interesting name is Scottish in origin, and is a locational surname deriving from the place called " Clunie " in the old district of Stormont, in Perthshire. One William de Cluny of Perthshire rendered homage to Edward 1 of England in 1296, and another William de Cluny, of Brechin, also rendered homage in that year and is recorded again in 1305 as Sir William de Clony, chaplain to the bishop of Brechin. One John Clunie or Clunnie was charged with " tumult " in 1686. Other old forms of the name are Clenye, Cloonie, Clwny, and Clyye, while the modern surname can be found as Clunie and Chiny. The marriage of James Clunie and Bessie Sandie was recorded in Errol, Perthshire, on July 28th 1648.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Melville Tomb Collessie Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the Melville Tomb in the churchyard cemetery in Collessie, Fife, Scotland. Tomb of Sir James Melville of Hallhill, a fine masonry structure of 1609. He was a noted courtier to Mary Queen of Scots and King James VI whose personal memoirs remain an important historical record of the latter 16th century.















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