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Built on site of old Franciscan priory, the original 16th century Greyfriars church in Broad Street, Aberdeen was very grand. After the priory was suppressed at the Reformation, and its lands and buildings granted to the city, the Town Council gave the land to George Keith, Earl Marischal, to found Marischal College, Aberdeen’s second university. The church became the Marischal College chapel within the town parish of St. Nicholas, but its importance was considerable and the General Assembly met there on three occasions. It was much changed over the years with additions and renovations, and in 1828 it was disjoined from St Nicholas to be a parish in its own right. In 1902, substantial extension work was begun at Marischal College buildings, and the original church was demolished: a new church was built at the city’s expense and is at the edge of the college site, still in Broad Street. In 1996 the congregation was united with that of John Knox Church, Mounthooly, under the name Greyfriars John Knox and continues to worship on the Broad Street site. |