Blackbraes Church

Blackbraes Church and co-op(SMR 1426)

NS 9060 7638

TIMELINE

1860: Mission begun at Whyteside Rig-muir.

1865-67: Contributions from Mrs Russell, Blackbraes, and land from Duchess Hamilton meant that a church was built.   Plan prepared by James Smith, Polmont Bank.

1890: Disjoined from Muiravonside and erected a parish quad sacra by decreet of the Court of Teinds 14th July 1890.

1957: Link with Shieldhill terminated.

1963:  November  1st,  United  under  one  charge  with  Shieldhill  to  become “Blackbraes & Shieldhill Parish Church”.

1983: Council told the church to remove the belfry, which had become dangerous.

1988: Building demolished at short notice for safety, land sold in 1997.

BELL

1870: Taken from Polmont Parish Church.

SEATING

1866: Seat 300 plus 100 in galleries.

WAR MEMORIAL

See separate entry for war memorial.

MINISTERS OF BLACKBRAES CHURCH

1866

 Bong, William Goldie 1869
Beattie, Irvine 1872

1890

 Smart, William (1884) Feb 1926

1927

 Easton, John Dec 1962

Feb 1964

 McGinty, Joseph Walter Sep 1970

May 1971

 Neill, William George Apr 1975

1976

 Patterson, John M Oct 1987

1988

 McMullin, J Andrew

G.B. Bailey (2019)