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Fecliil, Ellon. 503
Another, representing the Resurrection, is in memory of Colonel Bertie Gordon,
placed by William, Charles, and Ewereta Gordon.
A window, showing the appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene, is placed by
Admiral W. E. Gordon, C.B., and Mrs. Bertie Gordon, in memory of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon of Ellon. The quartrefoil connecting these two lights is filled with stained
glass representing a quiet sea, on which the shadow of the cross is thrown, and is in
memory of midshipman Richard Louis Hobart Gordon, drowned at sea.
These windows are all by Messrs. Clayton and Bell.
Behind the pulpit in the east wall of the nave there is a large and beautiful window,
an adaptation of the Light of the World (the Good Shepherd). It is the gift of Mr. and
Mrs. Wolrige Gordon, in memory of the late Charles Napier Gordon of Esslemont.
The subject of the first window towards the east on the south wall of the nave is
" Christ blessing little children," by Mr. and Mrs. Wolrige Gordon, in memory of three
children, who died in infancy.
The next window, illustrating the " Sermon on the Mount," is the gift of Lieutenant-
Colonel Turner of Turnerhall, and the late Rev. George Kemp, in memory of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Turner of Turnerhall, and their daughter Mrs. Anna Kemp.
The handsome granite font was a gift to the old church by Mr. Gordon of Ellon.
There is also a memorial near the vestry door in memory of the late Alexander
Chivas, for many years a member of the vestry and treasurer of the congregation, and
Margaret Pirie, his wife. The former was of a family long connected with the Tillydesk
congregation, the latter of a family long connected with the Udny congregation.
The oak lectern is the gift of Mrs. Copland, Mill of Ardlethen, in memory of her
brother, George Milne in Haddo, long a member of vestry of the Woodhead congrega-
tion.
The church has been beautifully decorated after designs by A. Street, and is similar
to work in England about the year 1230. The decorations, perhaps unique in Scotland,
were done at the expense of John Henry Udny of Udny, whose ancestors, both at
Udny and Dudwick, afforded an asylum to the two congregations in the troublous times.
F E C H I L, ELLON.
Fechil belonged in ancient times to the Abbey of Deer. In 1219-1233 there is a
charter of William, Earl of Buchan, by which he granted, and by charter confirmed to
God and the Blessed Mary, and to the monks serving and to serve at Deer, the land of
Fechil on the Ythan. The boundaries are given, " Beginning at the water of Ythan on
the eastern part at Craigtersay, up to a small hill called Balgyl, and thus descending