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Forres, High Street, St Laurence Parish Church

Chapel (19th Century), Church (medieval), War Memorial (20th Century)
Forres, High Street, St Laurence Parish Church
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Forres, High Street, St Laurence Parish Church as Chapel (19th Century), Church (medieval), War Memorial (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Laurence Parish Church in Forres is associated with St Laurence, a 3rd-century Christian deacon and martyr venerated in both the Roman Catholic and Anglican traditions. While specific local folklore or cures linked directly to the church are not widely recorded, the site reflects a long-standing Christian presence in the area, with its medieval origins suggesting possible connections to earlier Celtic or Anglo-Saxon religious practices.

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Photo: G Laird · CC BY-SA 2.0