St Mary's Dalmahoy is a beautiful little church standing close to
the entrance to the grounds of
Dalmahoy House, now the Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club.
St
Mary’s is part of the Scottish Episcopal Church within the Diocese
of Edinburgh and is situated a few miles outside the city (on the
A71) in the grounds of the Dalmahoy Marriott Hotel. The church has a
lively and friendly congregation.
St Mary's Dalmahoy was
established by the then residents of Dalmahoy House, Lord and Lady
Aberdour, in 1850. Land was granted by Lord Aberdour's father,
George Sholto Douglas, the
17th Earl of Morton, for a church and a burial ground, as well
as for a rectory, a schoolroom, a schoolmaster's house and a choir
house. The church was designed by the architect John Henderson, and
consecrated at a service led by the Bishop of Edinburgh on 24
September 1850. Although standing on the private Dalmahoy Estate,
the church was, from the beginning, intended to be part of the wider
Episcopal Church in Scotland and used for public worship. In
contrast, the burial ground, initially at least, was for family use
only.
To understand why the Douglas family built St Mary's
you need look no further than an account of the (Church of Scotland)
Ratho Parish written in 1845. This noted that 17 Episcopalians lived
in the parish, most of whom were members of the family of the Earl
of Morton. Two of the Earl's five sons entered the Anglican
priesthood, one of whom became the Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in
1883. St Mary's was therefore built to allow the Douglas family, and
other Episcopalians in the area, to worship according to their
conscience.
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Window |
Commemorating the life of Admiral George Henry Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Window |
Commemorating the life of Admiral George Henry Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Window |
Commemorating the life of Admiral George Henry Douglas |
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Description of window inscriptions |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Window in the church |
Commemorating the short life of Alice Frances the child of George and Charlotte Douglas. Born 15 Oct 1851, Died 20 Jul 1852 |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Window |
Commemorating the short life of Alice Frances the child of George and Charlotte Douglas. Born 15 Oct 1851, Died 20 Jul 1852 |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Unidentified stone |
Possibly used as a gate post |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Alice, Countess of Morton |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Alice, Countess of Morton |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Sholto, Lord Aberdour |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Sholto, Lord Aberdour |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Hon Ronald Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Hon Ronald Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Hon William Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Hon William Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Margaret St Bride Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Margaret St Bride Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Anna Maria Harriet Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Anna Maria Harriet Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Bishop Arthur Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Archie Sholto Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Bishop Arthur Douglas and his son Archie Sholto Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Earl George and Countess Frances of Morton |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Earl George and Countess Frances of Morton |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Earl George and Countess Frances of Morton |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Earl George and Countess Frances of Morton |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Sholto John, Earl of Morton |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Sholto John, Earl of Morton |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Arthur Douglas and Penelope Mary Tree |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Arthur Douglas and Penelope Mary Tree |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Unidentified |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Alice, daughter of Lady Aberdour |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Alice, daughter of Lady Aberdour |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Alice, daughter of Lady Aberdour |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Alice, daughter of Lady Aberdour |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Alice, daughter of Lady Aberdour |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Sholto James Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Sholto James Douglas and his wife, Grace |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Sholto James Douglas and his wife, Grace |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Archibald W. Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Ursula Helen nee Davies, dau of Capt. Robert Watts Davies, R.N., of Bloxham, Oxfordshire. |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Archibald W. Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Archibald W. Douglas and his wife Helen |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Margaret St Bride Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Margaret St Bride Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Unidentified |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Admiral George Henry Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
"Suffer little children... etc"
Alice Frances Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
"Suffer little children... etc"
Alice Frances Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Alice Frances, the child of George and Charlotte Douglas - there is a commemorative window in the church |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Archibald George Shoto Douglas and Violet, his wife |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Archibald George Shoto Douglas and Violet, his wife |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
George Sholto Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
George Sholto Douglas |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Lady Laura Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, wife of Capt George Sholto Douglas, JP |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Lady Laura Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, wife of Capt George Sholto Douglas, JP |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy - Graveyard |
Lady Laura Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, wife of Capt George Sholto Douglas, JP |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy |
View from the south west |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy |
View from the south west |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy |
Unidentified |
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St Mary's, Dalmahoy |
View from the south east |
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