St John’s Methodist Church
St John's Methodist Church, on Ponderlaw Street, Arbroath, Scotland, was founded by John Wesley on 6 May 1772. The nave is octagonal and the church has been nicknamed Totum Kirkie from 'totum', an eight-sided spinning top, and 'kirk', the Scottish word for church.Photo: Ronniedeas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Methodist
- Description: church in Angus, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Arbroath, St John’s Methodist Church”, “St John’s Methodist Church, Arbroath”, and “St. John’s Methodist Church, Arbroath”
- Address: Ponderlaw Street, Arbroath, DD11 1EU
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arbroath Abbey and Arbroath railway station.
Arbroath Abbey
Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arbroath Abbey, in the Scottish town of Arbroath, was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey. Arbroath Abbey is situated 1,200 feet northwest of St John’s Methodist Church.
Arbroath railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arbroath railway station serves the town of Arbroath in Angus, Scotland. The station is 17 miles east of Dundee on the line between Dundee and Aberdeen, between Carnoustie and Montrose. Arbroath railway station is situated 2,200 feet west of St John’s Methodist Church.
St Andrew’s Parish Church, Arbroath
Church
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew's Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland located in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. The church building was constructed in the late 1880s. St Andrew’s Parish Church, Arbroath is situated 1,400 feet northwest of St John’s Methodist Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arbroath and St Vigeans.
Arbroath
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Arbroath is a small fishing port in Angus in north-east Scotland, 16 miles from Dundee, and with a population of 23,500 in 2022. It's best known for its red sandstone abbey, its local fish specialty "Arbroath Smokies", and as the scene in 1320 of Scotland's first documented assertion of independence, the Declaration of Arbroath.
St Vigeans
Village
Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Vigeans is a small village and parish in Angus, Scotland, immediately to the north of Arbroath. Originally rural, it is now more or less a suburb of the town of Arbroath.
Elliot
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elliot is a coastal hamlet in the county of Angus, Scotland, on the westernmost edge of Arbroath on the A92 road. The Elliot Water reaches the North Sea at Elliot. Elliot is situated 2 miles southwest of St John’s Methodist Church.
St John’s Methodist Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.56024° or 56° 33′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.5787° or 2° 34′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C8VHC6C+3GOpenStreetMap ID
way 440673083OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=methodistWikidata ID
Q7588791
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