Greyfriars Church, Dumfries

Greyfriars Church, Dumfries, is a Category A listed building in , in southwest . The current Greyfriars Church building was built from 1866 to 1868 in the Victorian Gothic style, designed by architect John Starforth.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: church in Dumfries
  • Also known as: “Dumfries, Church Crescent, Greyfriars Church”, “Greyfriars Church”, “Greyfriars Kirk”, and “St Bride’s Anglican Church (former Greyfriars‘ Church), Church Crescent, Dumfries”
  • Address: Dumfries, DG1 1DF
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dumfries Academy and Devorgilla Bridge.

School
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is one of four secondary schools in in south west Scotland. It is a state funded secondary Co-ed school. The schools moto is "doctrina promovet" which translates from Latin to "learning promotes" which the school emphases within their "vision, values and aims". is situated 630 feet northeast of Greyfriars Church, Dumfries.

Bridge
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is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Greyfriars Church, Dumfries.

Museum
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and Camera Obscura, located in in , is the largest museum in the region. The museum has extensive collections relating to local and history from the pre-historic era. is situated 1,900 feet south of Greyfriars Church, Dumfries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dumfries and Maxwelltown.

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is the principal town of in southwest Scotland. It's a pleasant market town, with a population of 46,500 in 2020. Robert Burns the poet spent his last years here: from 1788 to 1791 at Ellisland Farm 7 miles north, then in town until his death, aged 37.

Suburb
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was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh and by the time of the burgh's abolition in 1929 it was the most populous burgh in the county of , Scotland.

Suburb
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is a former village and a parish in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in on the west side of the . The eastern-side was merged with to the east in 1929, and today eastern is a suburb of Dumfries.

Greyfriars Church, Dumfries

Latitude
55.07039° or 55° 4′ 13″ north
Longitude
-3.61264° or 3° 36′ 46″ west
Open location code
9C7R39CP+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5590735250
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Wiki­data ID
Q17570292
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In Other Languages

From German to Western Frisian—“Greyfriars Church, Dumfries” goes by many names.

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