The town of Insch is a station on the Great North of Scotland Railway
between Aberdeen and Huntly. The old parish church, which is
[Illustration: FIG. 1552.--Insch Church. Front and Side View of
Belfry.]
abandoned, stands in the churchyard. The west wall, crowned with its
belfry, is almost all that now survives. The belfry (Fig. 1552) is
ornate, and is a good specimen of the Scottish Renaissance designs
erected in the beginning of the seventeenth century. It bears the date
of 1613, when it is believed the church was erected. On the south side
the tympanum carries a shield with the Leslie arms and the initials M.
I. L.