Material relating to Crichton Memorial Church
- Date:
- 1897-2008
- Reference:
- DGH1/3/5
- Part of:
- Records of Crichton Royal Hospital
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Records relating to Crichton Memorial Church, comprising Orders of Service, 1897-1999; Recordings of a Service broadcast by the BBC, 1969; a video recording of the Centenary Service, 1997; Carol Concert programmes, 1995-2008; a file of material kept by the Reverend J. Johnston, Hospital Chaplain, which includes Orders of Service, notes relating to the history of the Church, plans, drawings and correspondence, 1897-c.1990s.
Publication/Creation
1897-2008
Physical description
1 box
Biographical note
The Memorial Church was built to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the hospital and in memory of Dr and Mrs Crichton. The Church was designed by Edinburgh Architects Sydney Mitchell and Wilson and was build between 1890 and 1897. It was formally dedicated on 15 October 1897. The Church is non denominational and the first full time Hospital Chaplain, Reverend J. A. Gibson, was appointed in 1959.
Copyright note
Enquiries for reproduction for commercial purposes should be directed to the Archivist, Dumfries and Galloway Archives and Local Studies
Terms of use
The papers are available at Dumfries and Galloway Archives subject to conditions of UK Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and NHS Records Management Code of Practice 2012. Subject to these restrictions, this material is being digitised by the University of Glasgow as part of a Wellcome Trust funded project. Material that is digitised will be accessed freely online through the Wellcome Library catalogue.