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Udny Church Morthouse - Udny, Grampian - Places of Worship in Scotland | SCHR
This rare and quite striking building is a 19th century mort-house, a structure used to safely house bodies awaiting burial and protect them from the so-called 'body snatchers' common in Edinburgh and some parts of Aberdeenshire in the early to mid 19th century. It stands in the burial ground of Udny Green, a small rural village. It was built just to the east of the original parish church, of which no trace now survives.
Mort-houses were never places of worship but were closely associated with the church and graveyard and the community they served.
. Scottish Church Heritage Research Ltd (SCHR) maintains a database of over 10000 places of worship in Scotland.Contacts
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Academy Ct, Udny Green, Ellon AB41
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http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/4006/name/Udny+Church+Morthouse+Udny+Grampian
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