The Churches of Buchan
Title: The Churches of Buchan - Being short Sketches of the Early History of Christianity in Scotland, from Its Introduction to the Reformation
Author: Rev. N. K. McLeod
Publisher: A. & R. Milne, Aberdeen & John Menzies & Co., Edinburgh
Date: 1899
Hardback - 1st Edition. xvi-148 pp. Illustrated with Frontis(portrait of Author) and b/w plates. Index
Synopsis
The author points out that although the book is called the Churches of Buchan and might therefore only relate to parts of the North East of Scotland the book is in fact a broad history of Christianity throughout the Pictish area of Scotland which was generally belived to be restricted to the north and East of Scotland. The contents of the work are:
Chapter I: Civil History . Pre-Columban.
Chapter II : Pre-Columban Christianity.
Chapter III: St Columba and the Celtic Church
Chapter IV: The Columban Episcopate in Northumbria.
Chapter V: The Reformation of St Margaret and the Medieval Church.
Chapter VI: St Machar's Cathedral.
Chapter VII: Belhelvie, Foveran, Logie-Buchan, Kinloss, Ellon
Chapter VIII: Forvie, Leask, Peterhead, Inverugie, St. Fergus (Longley), Crimond, Lonmay, Rathan, Filorth, Tyrie etc., etc
Chapter IX: Aberdour, Gamrie, Kin-Edar, Turriff, Auchterless, Fyvie, Tarves, Belhelvie, Udney, Deer
Condition Notes
An excellent copy of this scarce work with some lightly stained cover boards