Bonnybridge R.C. Church

(SMR 533)

NS 8277 7969

 

St. Joseph’s

 

TIMELINE

1900s:  Meetings held in Griffiths Hall by clergy of St.  Alexander’s Church, Denny.

1910: Feb. Part of Broomhill paper mill converted into St. Joseph’s Mission with a concrete floor and glass roof.  A small hall in the mill was also used by the congregation.

1924: Land secured adjacent to the small cottage rectory for a new church.  The last service in the old building was on 1st August 1925, and the new structure was opened on the 7th August.   The church measured 95 ft by 40 ft.   It is constructed of terracotta firebricks with roughcast sides and asbestos slates on the roof.   The entrance is approached by two flights of stairs leading to a central doorway, with a vestibule and two doors leading into the church. To the right of the entrance, on the NE corner of the building, is a prominent bell tower with a wooden upper storey.   To the right of the High Altar is a chapel of Our Lady.   Below the church is a large hall.   A school opened in the same year, adjacent to the church.

1936: Alterations to manse and hall by Reginald Fairlie.

BELL

1925: Named St. Joseph.

SEATING

1910: 200.

1925: 500.

PRIESTS OF ST. JOSEPH’S R.C. CHURCH
	Conway, Daniel	1922
1922	Miley, Edward	Jul 1928
1928	Downey, Michael	Oct 1938
1938	McCabe, William A	1949
1949	McGarvey, Thomas	Oct 1955
1956	Murnin, Michael	1977
	Rodgers, George

Geoff B. Bailey (2019)