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 minister 1855

1863

 No minister 1867

1869

 No minister 1878
  Rae, James 1887

Apr 1907

 Ramsay, J R  

Dec 1915

 Lynch, Charles  

Sep 1921

 Baillie, Thomas  

Aug 1925

 Todd, W S Dec 1930

Apr 1931

 Stoddart, Harold  
  Webb, William Apr 1935
  Richmond, Mathew  
  Findlay, Donald Aug 1970

Geoff B. Bailey (2016)