Searching for:
View
| Name | Biography | |
|---|---|---|
|
Polmont Old Parish Church
|
Polmont Parish was disjoined from Falkirk by the Commissioners of Teinds on 22 July 1724. In 1929 with the union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland, the congregation took the name Polmont North Church, The name Polmont Old was adopted in 1977 when Polmont South changed its name to Brightons Parish Church. Redding and Westquarter was run as a church extension charge from Polmont North. Linked with Shieldhill from 10 September 1961 to1 November 1963. First church building completed 1734, second church building completed 1844.
|
|
|
W McPherson
|
||
|
Falkirk Old & St Modan's Parish Church
|
Formed on 2 October 1986 by the union of St Modan's and Falkirk Old Parish Church. Church extension charge in Hallglen
|
|
|
Falkirk Old Parish Church
|
There has been a Christian church on the site of Falkirk Old since at least 800 AD, and local tradition has linked the earliest foundations with Saint Modan in the 6th century. According to the Fasti of the Church of Scotland, the pre-reformation church was dedicated to St Modan. Sometime during the next three centuries the appearance of one of the early church buildings gave rise to the name Egglesbreth, the speckled church, which translated into Scots as the Faw Kirk. In the 12th century the church passed into the hands of the Augustinian canons of Holyrood Abbey who remained in possession until the Reformation in 1560. Thereafter it was a parish church of the Church of Scotland, remaining with the Established Church through the various secessions of the 19th century. In 1929, following the union of the Church of Scotland with the United Free Church of Scotland, Falkirk Parish Church was renamed Falkirk Old Parish Church. In 1986 the congregation was united with St Modan's Church and re-named Falkirk Old and St Modan's Parish Church. There is an extension place of worship in Hallglen Centre (more) The present church building was erected in 1811, containing within it the early 18th century bell tower. A church hall was added in 1892 (plans in Dean of Guild records) and new halls were constructed in 1995. In the 1960s the kirkyard was cleared and the old buildings along the High St front were removed.
|
|
|
Falkirk Old Parish Church Choir?
|
||
|
Dunipace Old Parish Church
|
The parish of Dunipace was a pre-reformation parish which belonged to the Abbey of Cambuskenneth. It was united with the parish of Larbert by Act of Parliament in 1617, confirmed by Act of Parliament in 1624. A mission chapel was set up from Dunipace Parish Church in Carronshore in the nineteenth century. The congregation took the name Larbert & Dunipace Old Parish Church in 1929 and then became Dunipace Old Parish Church in 1962 after the union with Larbert was dissolved. Dunipace Old was lined with Dunipace north on 20 Mar 1964 and the two congregations united on 8 January 1989 as Dunipace Parish Church.
|
|
|
Bo'ness Old Parish Church
|
By 1643 a church had been erected in Bo’ness, within the quoad omnia parish of Kinneil and in 1649 the parish of Bo'ness was disjoined from the parish of Kinneil by Act of Parliament. In 1669 the two parishes were re-united as a quoad omnia parish with the name of Bo'ness Parish. The congregation took the name Bo'ness Old Parish Church in 1929 following the union of the United Free Church and the Church of Scotland.
The Church of Scotland kirk session for Bo'ness sat within the presbytery of Linlithgow and the synod of Lothian and Tweeddale until 1929, when it became part of the presbytery of Linlithgow and Falkirk. In 1976 it became part of the presbytery of Falkirk. The old parish church in Corbiehall was erected in 1636-38 and alterations made in 1672, 1776 and 1820. The present church building on Panbrae Rd was built in 1885. |
|
|
Denny Old Parish Church
|
The quoad omnia parish of Denny was disjoined from Falkirk in 1601 and was erected a parish by Act of Parliament in 1641. A portion of the parish was removed in 1875 to form the quoad sacra parish of Haggs, and another portion in 1878 to form part of the quoad sacra parish of Bonnybridge. After the 1929 union of the United Free Church of Scotland and the Church of Scotland it was known as Denny Old to distinguish it from other Church of Scotland congregations in Denny.
The Church of Scotland kirk session for Denny sat in the presbytery of Stirling until 1929. It then sat within the presbytery of Linlithgow and Falkirk and from 1976 in the presbytery of Falkirk. The church building was erected in 1813 |
|
|
Larbert Old Parish Church
|
Larbert Parish was first recorded as a chapel of St Ninian's Church in a charter of 1160, where Robert, Bishop of St Andrews granted St Ninian's Church and its chapels to the Abbey Church of St Mary, Cambuskenneth. Larbert was erected as a separate parish around 1581 following the Reformation, but was then linked with Bothkennar until 1616 and in 1617 was united with Dunipace. The union was dissolved in January 1963. The name Larbert and Dunipace Old was adopted in 1929 following the re-union of the Church of Scotland. The name Larbert Old dates from the dissolution of the union in 1963.
|
|
|
Dunipace Parish Church
|
Formed on 8 January 1989 by the union of Dunipace North and Dunipace Old Parish Church
|
|
|
Grangemouth Old Parish Church
|
Grangemouth was part of the pre-reformation parish of Polmont until the church extension period in the early nineteenth century. Declared to be quoad sacra parish by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on 29 May 1837. Disjoined from Falkirk and erected quoad sacra parish by the Court of Teinds on 7 June 1880. The congregation united with Grange Church on 14 March 1991, taking the name Zetland Church. A church was built in 1866 in Zetland Place. The lands were later sold to the railways and a new building erected in Ronaldshay Crescent.
|
|
|
Airth Parish Church
|
There has been a church in Airth since at least 1128. The church was appropriated to Holyrood Abbey by David I. The post-reformation church was a quoad omnia parish. Airth Parish Church remained in the Church of Scotland in 1843. In 1929 it was re-named Airth North Church to distinguish it from the former United Free Church (Airth South) but reverted to the name Airth Parish Church after Airth South was closed on 1 January 1956.
The Church of Scotland kirk session for Airth sat in the presbytery of Stirling until 1929. It then sat within the presbytery of Linlithgow and Falkirk and from 1976 in the presbytery of Falkirk. The old Parish Church building near Airth Castle which is now in ruins was used from the late 12th century until 1820 when it was abandoned in favour of the North Church building, built to replace the old parish church by William Stirling of Dunblane. |
|
|
Cumbernauld Parish Church
|
This congregation had its origins as a chapel of ease of Kirkintilloch Parish from the 12th or 13th century. In the 1620s the area was part of Lenzie Parish and following an unsuccessful application by the Earl of Wigton to erect a church on his land at Cumbernauld, his chaplain held services in Cubernauld Castle. Lenzie was then divided into Easter Lenzie (Cumbernauld) and Wester Lenzie (Kirkintilloch) and the Cumbernauld congregation repaired the original medieval chapel of ease which was used as their church building from 1659. A portion of Cumbernauld parish was removed in 1883 to form part of the quoad sacra parish of Condorrat. In 1929 the congregation became known as Cumbernauld - St Ninian's, with the old United Free Church becoming Cumbernauld - St Andrew's. In 1952 it was united with Cumbernauld St Andrew’s and the newly united church took the name Cumbernauld Parish Church (later known as Cumbernauld Old). The Church of Scotland kirk session for Cumbernauld sat within the Presbytery of Glasgow until 1929, when it was transferred to the Presbytery of Linlithgow and Falkirk. In 1976 it became part of the Presbytery of Falkirk.
|
|
|
John Ferguson Bayne
|
Minister at Bo'ness Old Parish Church, 1937-1957. Previously minister at Dunlop Old Parish Church. Retired 30 Nov 1957. [Source: Fasti Vols9 & 10]
|
|
|
Polmont School
|
||
|
Russell, J R
|
||
|
John Lamb
|
||
|
Susana Snadon
|
||
|
Grangemouth Grange Church
|
Grange Church was established as Grangemouth United Presbyterian Church on 10th January 1855. The first minister was the Rev John M Lambie. The congregation entered the United Free Church at union in 1900 and took the name Grange UF Church. At the union in 1929 the congregation went into the Church of Scotland. United with Grangemouth Old Parish Church on 14 March 1991. The new congregation took the name Zetland Church and used the Old Parish Church building. The congregation initially met in the "New Hall" and this appears to be used exclusively by the congregation as one anteroom was set up as the vestry (CH3/651/3, p9) The congregation built Grange UF Church in 1903.
|
|
|
Hugh Thom
|
Minister at Grangemouth Old Parish Church, 1946-1963
|
Loading...