Crimond Church

Crimond Church is a Christian, Church of Scotland Presbyterian church, located on the east side of the A90 road in the center of the village of Crimond, Aberdeenshire, Scotland at location NK0556. It was built in 1812 and is a Category A listed building.

The church clock, bearing the inscription "The hour's coming", has an extra minute between the eleven and twelve making for 61 minutes in the hour. The clock was gifted by Dr James Laing from his Haddo Estate in the early 19th century. The clock is electric but the original movement is displayed in the church in memory of late councillor Norman Cowie OBE who raised the funds for the electrification of the clock.

The church's fish-shaped weather vane was lost for many years but was found recently and reinstalled at the top of the spire. The vane had previously been the target of vandalism, showing bullet holes from an air rifle.

The Lord is my Shepherd

The 23rd Psalm ("The Lord is my Shepherd") is traditionally sung to the tune 'Crimond' written in 1871 by 19th century minister's daughter Jessie Seymour Irvine.

Crimond

Coordinates: 57°36′04″N 1°54′50″W / 57.601°N 1.914°W / 57.601; -1.914

Crimond is a village in the northeast of Scotland, located nine miles northwest of the port of Peterhead and just over two miles from the coast.

Geography

The main A90 road runs through Crimond and is lined by Crimond Church with a village hall, Crimond Primary School, Crimond Medical Practice, Crimond Shop and Post Office, Crimond Care Home for the elderly and Crimond Motors garage. The oldest houses in the village run alongside the main road with a modern estate to the west side.

When standing with a clear view of the surrounding countryside the masts at the nearby Crimond Aerodrome to the east may be seen as are the telecommunications satellite receivers on Mormond Hill to the North West. The nearby Loch of Strathbeg is a RSPB owned and protected nature reserve. Around the loch there are 3 hides from which to watch the birds and other wildlife. They are accessible through the airfield and there is a car park. There is also the Starnafin Centre where you can watch the birds from and find out more information about which birds and animals are present. There is a shelter belt wood that runs parallel to the main A90 about 200 metres to the east which used to belong to the Crimonmogate estates. It is mainly beech wood and is used as a walk by the locals. There is a large grain dryer owned by Allied Grain to the east of the village. There are remains of an old camp where the workers who built the St Fergus Gas Terminal lived whilst it was being constructed to the east of the village.