NS 8687 7287 ; NS 8562 7299
1843 Slamannan Free Church 1900
1900 Slamannan United Free Church 1929
1929 Balquhatstone Church of Scotland 1961
TIMELINE
1843: The entire Kirk Session of Slamannan resigned and the following year a Free Church opened near Pirnielodge on the north side of the railway adjacent to the public road.
1860: New building started at Balquhatstone on Station Road not far from the Culloch Burn on land donated by Mrs Waddell of Balquhatstone. Opened 4th August 1861 at a cost of £850.
1864: New building destroyed by fire although the contents, including the seats, were saved. Notwithstanding the disaster it was rebuilt the next year.
1876: Mission started at Longrigend, became a preaching station in 1882, and raised to a full charge in 1888.
1945: Union with the Parish Church.
1946: Last service in the church building which was thereafter used as a church hall.
1961: Building taken over by Stirling County Council, demolished and developed for housing. A memorial plaque to Wm Eyral moved to the session house of the Parish Church.
MANSE
1840s: Manse built at the corner of New Street and Pirnielodge Road in Slamannan (NS 8568 7312).
1946: Sold being surplus to requirements.
SEATING
1861: Between 500 and 600.
MINISTERS OF SLAMANNAN FREE CHURCH
| 1847 | Eyval, William | Apr 1861 |
| Jul 1861 | Tuller, William | 1874 |
| May 1875 | Reid, Archibald | Dec 1892? |
| Jul 1892 | Strathairn, George | May 1983 |
| Oct 1898 | Stewart, William Robert | May 1921 |
| Nov 1921 | Brackenridge, James Calderwood | Jun 1925 |
| Apr 1925 | Whyte, William MacKenzie | 1928 |
| Aug 1928 | Duncan, Reginald | Sep 1931 |
| Apr 1932 | Martin, John Robson | Apr 1938 |
| Dec 1938 | Wilson, William Iain Girdwood | 1941 |
| Feb 1944 | Moncrieff, Hope | Mar 1945 |
| Rate, E. |
Geoff B. Bailey (2016)
Falkirk Local History Society 