Aberdour and Inchcolme : being historical notices of the parish and monastery : in twelve lectures
Ross, William, (Rev.)1885
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Text of a series of lectures delivered to the people of Aberdour in the early 1860s, ''written chiefly as a relaxation from professional work[and]designed for popular audiences'' therefore lacking in minute detail and interspersed with anecdotes.
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Edinburgh : Archibald and Constable FOR David Douglas, 1885.
Collation:
xix, 407p. : ill., frontis. : 18cm.
Notes:
AppendicesIndex
Contents:
Nature and plan of the workOld church and churchyardMonastery of InchcolmeMonasteryat first a priory, then an abbeyPossessions of the MonasteryRegent Moray's birth, parentage and upbringingBirth, ,parentage, and education of the Regent MortonHistory of the old Church of Aberdour resumedEvents affecting the neighbourhood in the covenanting timesMr Robert Johnston, ejected minister at the RevolutionSuperstitions prevalent in the neighbourhood in the seventeenth centuryMinistry of Mr. Alexander Scot.
Dewey class:
274.133941.33941
Local class:
ABEABE*
Language:
English
BRN:
3425964