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St Nicholas' Church is the original High Kirk of Aberdeen. It existed long before the Reformation, and in 1577 a second charge was erected for the parish, a third charge being added in 1580. In 1596 the choir and crypt were separated from the main building to allow services there for the second charge. In 1826 a separate North Church was built for the third charge, and the North Parish was formally disjoined in 1828. In 1828 the East Parish of Aberdeen was created, into which was merged the second charge, and it was assigned the eastern part of St Nicholas. The remaining part of St Nicholas (the nave and transepts) was known as the West Church, or West of St Nicholas. The charge continued to 1980, when there was a union of East of St Nicholas and West of St Nicholas, under the name Kirk of St Nicholas. |