Communion Token (Newhills)
AssociatedAssociated with
Reverend James Allan
Issuer
Newhills Church
Date1830
Object NameToken
Mediumlead
ClassificationsTokens
Dimensions25 x 25mm
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS027561
Keywords
A chapel is said to have been provided in this area in 1662 by George Davidson, a local laird, who made his fortune as a peddlar. Four years later Newhills was disjoined from the parish of Old Machar to become a parish in its own right.
A new church to serve Newhills, designed by Archibald Simpson, was opened in July1830 on a hilltop site which has only just managed to remain outside the built-up area of Aberdeen; the walls of the earlier church may be seen within the burial ground close by.
Possibly 18th Century
