08 The Independent Chapel

Chapel Street, Aberfeldy

The early Independents, or Congregationalists, faced intense opposition and on several estates farmers were deprived of their farms for daring to connect themselves to the new Church.

For eleven years Lord Breadalbane refused to give them ground on which to build a chapel. However in 1817 permission was forthcoming. This was the first church built in Aberfeldy and remained the only one for 26 years.  Factory Street was renamed Chapel Street in its honour. It closed in 1878, and now another building stands on its site.

For information on the individual Heritage Trail locations, click on these links:

00: A brief history of the Churches in the Aberfeldy area; 01: The Square; 02: Aberfeldy Town Hall;

03: Former St. Andrew’s Church; 04: Birks of Aberfeldy; 05: Moness House; 06: Aberfeldy Hospitals;

07: Former Wee Free Chapel; 08: Independent Chapel; 09: The Watermill; 10: Parish Church;

11: Breadalbane Academy; 12: St. Margaret’s Church; 13: Black Watch memorial; 14: Aberfeldy Golf Club;

15: Wade’s Bridge; 16: Weem Parish Church; 17: Menzies Mausoleum; 18a Castle Menzies;

18b Castle Menzies Walled Garden; 19: Our Lady of Mercy’s RC Church; 20: Aberfeldy Branch Line.