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St Magnus Cathedral dominates the skyline of Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland.Originally Roman Catholic, it is the oldest cathedral in Scotland and the most northerly cathedral in the United Kingdom - a fine example of Romanesque architecture built when the islands were ruled by the Norse Earls of Orkney.
Glasgow Cathedral (3 C, 4 P) Pages in category "12th-century church buildings in Scotland" ... St Magnus Cathedral; St Oran's Chapel; St Olaf's Church, Unst; T.
After the Toleration Act 1711, episcopalians began building a limited number of new chapels including Alexander Jaffray's St Paul's chapel in Aberdeen (1721), the meeting house designed by McGill in Montrose, an Edinburgh chapel opened in 1722 and St Andrew's-by-the-Green in Glasgow (1750–52), which adopted a simpler version of Gibbs ...
The Orkney Library and Archive was founded in 1683 with a bequest of 150 books from William Baikie. The collection was kept at the local manse before being transferred to St Magnus Cathedral. In 1740 the collection was moved to the Old Tollboth. In 1815 a number of subscribers to the collection founded The Orkney Library.
St Machar's Cathedral; St Magnus Cathedral; Glasgow Cathedral This page was last edited on 9 June 2021, at 22:47 (UTC). Text is ...
St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Listed cathedrals in Scotland" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
St Magnus Cathedral: Kirkwall & St Ola [5] 1137 Church of Scotland: Dedicated to St Magnus. Technically no longer a cathedral Kirkwall East Church Kirkwall & St Ola: Church of Scotland [6] Shares a minister with Shapinsay St Olaf's Episcopal Church Kirkwall & St Ola [7] 1876-1878 Episcopal Church: Dedicated to St Olaf. Episcopacy in the islands ...
St Rule's Tower: St Andrews: Fife: 1123: Priory Constructed by the Culdees prior to the granting of the church to the Augustinian order. [91] Glasgow Cathedral: Glasgow: Glasgow: mid-12th century: Cathedral [145] Grey Cairns of Camster: Upper Camster: Highland: 3000 BC or older: Tomb A group of three cairns. [17] [18] Newark Castle: Port ...