| Administrative History | These papers form part of the collection of Gray and Gray, solicitors, who were treasurers and clerks to the Church.
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Peterhead is part of the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney, one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
The church is at Merchant Street, Peterhead AB42 1DU, and was designed by Robert Mitchell. It opened for worship on Christmas Eve 1814, and was consecrated on 2nd August 1857.The Episcopalians of Peterhead parish had worshiped at six sites prior to moving to the church in Merchant Street, since their ejection from the parish kirk in 1699.
This information is taken from the church's website in 2016. Further details of the history of St. Peter's Church and Episcopacy in the Peterhead area can be found in Church History of Buchan, written by John Wilkinson in 1914.
The main collection of records for St Peter's is at the University of Aberdeen Special Collections Centre, part of the Records of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney collection (reference MS 3320/47). |