Avonbridge Congregational Church

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Avonbridge Congregational Church

 1844       Avonbridge Evangelical Union Church         1896

1896       Avonbridge Congregational Union Church   Present

TIMELINE

1844:  New congregation formed by members of the Bathgate and   Falkirk Evangelical Union churches.  Meetings at Bulliondale Cottage which later became known as “the Auld Chaipel”.

1860: New building erected on Main Street at the south end of the village.  The west gable fronts on to the street and contains the main entrance, above that is an Italianate window the keystone of which bears the date 1860.   The walls are of random rubble, the stone coming from a local quarry.

1929: New hall built on the south-east corner of the church.

1970: Church linked with the Trinity Evangelical Union in Falkirk.

1973: Church now linked with the Church of Scotland.

MINISTERS OF AVONBRIDGE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

1851

No minister1855

1863

No minister1867

1869

No minister1878
 Rae, James1887

Apr 1907

Ramsay, J R 

Dec 1915

Lynch, Charles 

Sep 1921

Baillie, Thomas 

Aug 1925

Todd, W SDec 1930

Apr 1931

Stoddart, Harold 
 Webb, WilliamApr 1935
 Richmond, Mathew 
 Findlay, DonaldAug 1970

Geoff B. Bailey (2016)