Communion Token (Aberdeen)
IssuerIssued by
Mariners' Church
(c1840-1880)
Date1841
Object NameToken
Mediumlead alloy
ClassificationsTokens
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width): 260cm, 250mm
LocationOn Display - Aberdeen Maritime Museum
Object numberABDMS013657
About MeSquare token, probably of local manufacture, with border and inscribed on one side only: Mariners / 1841 / ChurchThis congregation, consisting, as might be expected, mainly of seafaring people, was established in about 1839 and met in a building in Sugarhouse Lane. A few years afterwards it moved to a new church in Commerce Street near the harbour.
In an attempt to boost dwindling attendances by giving the church a wider appeal, the name `Mariners' was dropped in the 1880s. The building then became Commerce Street United Free Church.
