(SMR 132)
NS 8835 8275
| 1878 | Carron United Presbyterian Church | 1900 |
| 1900 | Carron United Free Church | 1929 |
| 1929 | Carron Church of Scotland | 1963 |
| 1963 | Stenhouse and Carron Church of Scotland |
TIMELINE
1878: April meeting of UP Church considered the propriety of missionary work at Carron. Meetings began in June in a schoolroom at Carron Public School, and John Yellowlees appointed as missionary the following month. Request from the people in this area to form a separate congregation from the Erskine Church in Falkirk.
1880: Memorial stone laid 2nd October.
1881: New church opened on 10th June at a cost of £2,088 but free of debt. Church in the Early English Gothic style a window at either end, two small windows at each side of the main entrance, and five large windows down each side of the church. The front face was stepped. Above the main doorway was a spire-belfry 70ft tall. The side walls were buttressed. The whole made of Dunmore freestone. Internally it measured 56ft 6ins by 40ft 6ins. There was a vestry and ladies room at the end. The hall for 250 people, together with the boundary wall and landscaping added £520 to the cost, and was opened in 1883. Architect, James Boucher, Glasgow, and the builders Messrs Taylor & McFadzen.
1963: Nov. 17th Congregation united with that of Stenhouse to become”Parish Church of Stenhouse and Carron“.
MANSE
Up until 1904 the minister was given £20 per annum in lieu of a manse.
FITTINGS
Collection plate gifted by Mrs Harley.
Baptismal font gifted by James Aitken.
Communion service gifted by Rev Yellowlees and his wife.
WAR MEMORIAL
See separate entry for War Memorial.
BELL
1881: Cast by John C. Wilson, Glasgow, given by the minister’s brothers along with a clock.
SEATING
1881: 354 on the floor and 98 in the end gallery.
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MINISTERS OF CARRON CHURCH |
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Apr 1879 |
Yellowlees, John | Nov 1909 |
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Nov 1909 |
Anderson, Andrew Ferguson | Sep 1917 |
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Dec 1917 |
Macphail, John Wood | Jun 1921 |
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Oct 1921 |
Steele, David Frame | 1934 |
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Jun 1936 |
Macrae, Kenneth Norman | 1944 |
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Oct 1944 |
MacFarlane, Hugh Alexander Reid | Jan 1949 |
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Jan 1949 |
Gray, Ian Alister | Apr 1953 |
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Jan 1954 |
Walker, Alexander MacKenzie | Dec 1957 |
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Apr 1957 |
Mowat, Alexander McIvor | Aug 1961 |
G.B. Bailey (2019)
Falkirk Local History Society 