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NARRATIVE
ON PRINT - The Old Church, the church of the
parish of Arbroath, was completed about the
year 1590—perhaps a year or two earlier,
soon after Arbroath was erected into a parish
separate from St. Vigeans. It is the oldest
existing place of worship in the town.
The church was enlarged in 1762, when the
south wall was rebuilt. It occupies a site
in the south-west angle of what was formerly
the precinct of the Abbey, and a small tower
which had stood there from the times of the
Abbey was until 1830 the church tower, and
was surmounted by a wooden steeple. The tower
was removed in that year to make way for the
present spire. (Notes
by George Hay, 1883)
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