Image Turriff Summer Kirk VR0371JHP by Jim Henderson

 
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Photographs of the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire in North East Scotland that do not fit into other specialist categories or particularly illustrate the nature of the area.
Turriff Summer Kirk VR0371JHP Turriff Old Kirk Knights Templar Buchan Aberdeenshire Scottish photograph is an ancient town mentioned in the 6th century with Pictish connections, with a later church built by the Knights Templar illustrated in this photo, as a main centre for the Covenanter Rebellion in 1639 and more recently conflict with Lloyd George’s National Health Insurance Scheme in 1913 and the creation of the Turra Coo. Today hosts one of the largest agricultural shows in Britain and remains a thriving farming town in the north of Aberdeenshire. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Banff, Buchan, Turriff, landscape, summer, old, kirk, ruin, kirkyard, houses
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Banff & Buchan
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Turriff Summer Kirk VR0371JHP
Upload Date: 2008-07-22 10:34:22
Photo Size: 12mb 5335x3543 pixels
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Turriff Old Kirk Knights Templar Buchan Aberdeenshire Scottish photograph is

an ancient town mentioned in the 6th century with Pictish connections, with a later church built by the Knights Templar illustrated in this photo, as a main centre for the Covenanter Rebellion in 1639 and more recently conflict with Lloyd George’s National Health Insurance Scheme in 1913 and the creation of the Turra Coo. Today hosts one of the largest agricultural shows in Britain and remains a thriving farming town in the north of Aberdeenshire.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Banff, Buchan, Turriff, landscape, summer, old, kirk, ruin, kirkyard, houses