Soul of an Orkney Parish : Picken : South Ronaldsay : Peterkirk : Ladykirk 1972

Soul of an Orkney Parish
Studies in the Life and History of an Ancient Orkney Parish

By Stuart D.B. Picken

Published at The Kirkwall Press, Orkney, 1972. First Edition. Card covers and cloth spine. 120 pages.

CONDITION
A very good clean copy. Title page has had its top corner clipped. Pages very clean throughout. Binding very clean.

CHAPTER ONE
The Romance of Orkney

CHAPTER TWO
South Ronaldsay: Isle of St. Ninian?

CHAPTER THREE
Ladykirk: Church of the South Parish

CHAPTER FOUR
Peterkirk in the 16th and 17th centuries

CHAPTER FIVE
Peterkirk in the 18th century

CHAPTER SIX
Peterkirk in the 19th and 20th centuries

CHAPTER SEVEN
Church of St. Lawrence in Burray

CHAPTER EIGHT
The Dissenters: South Ronaldsay United Seceders, Burray United Presbyterians and Free St. Mary's

CHAPTER NINE
The Soul of the Parish

APPENDICES:
1. List of Incumbents in South Ronaldsay and Burray since 1560.
2. Ane Roll of Persons Names in South Ronaldsay and Burray in 1696.
3. Extant Records of the Kirk Session.
4. Additional list of books consulted.
5. Old St. Mary's Church at Burwick.




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