Site Represents a site. Prim Media 21 Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Building Condition 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St John’s Town Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived reconsites Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource eulac3d Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 8 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.39565553783044,-3.4289453923702244; Description An account of the resource St John’s Kirk is the oldest church in Perth, predating the formal foundation of the burgh of Perth in 1208. It gave the alternative name of ‘St Johnstoun’ to Perth – and the local football club still carries this name. In this church, John Knox preached in 1559 and started the Scottish Reformation. Where you are standing right now would have been the burgh’s graveyard until 1580. 500 years of burials have raised the ground by about 0.5m, and you now need to step down into the church building. St John’s Kirk was first mentioned in 1126, and completed in 1241. In 1440, a new choir was added. It was one of the most important parish churches in Scotland. Halkerston’s Tower had a room for female prisoners until 1823. In 1559, John Knox, the Scottish reformer, preached here and planted new ideas for a reformation of the church. His congregation was inflamed and destroyed not just all of forty altars to various saints in the kirk, but also the monasteries around Perth and incited others to follow. The Scottish Reformation had begun in Perth. The church has seen many changes over the years, including being split into three congregations through internal partitions. How you see it today is due to Sir Robert Lorimer’s design of 1923, when it was restored as a memorial to the Perthshire men who fought in World War I. There are many medieval features still to be found. It is definitely worth a visit. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 19/03/2021 Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 09/10/2021 05:30:45 pm Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. St John’s Town Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT