Robert Reid (bishop)
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Robert Reid was Abbot of Kinloss, Commendator-prior of Beauly, and Bishop of Orkney. He was born at Aikenhead in Clackmannan parish, the son of John Reid and Elizabeth Schanwell. His formal education
Coat of Arms of Robert Reid
St Salvator's Tower, University of St Andrews
Abbot Reid's house, Kinloss Abbey
Broughty Craig Castle
St Magnus Cathedral
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St Magnus Cathedral is a Church of Scotland parish church in Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. Originally a Roman Catholic cathedral, it i
Robert Reid (bishop)
…declaration of war on Scotland that lasted nearly eight years and came to be known as the Rough Wooing. In August 1544, Bishop Reid travelled to Kirkwall's St Magnus Cathedral, the seat of his Orkney bishopric. He immediately began structural improvements to the diocesan buildings and reforms to the cathedral chapter. Reid…
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, viewed from the Bishop's Palace
Main entrance
The interior of St Magnus Cathedral
Floorplan