I uncovered this old photograph taken 106 years ago in 1907 and something immediately puzzled me. The photo is clearly High Blantyre Old Parish Church but there’s a metal cross at the top of the steeple, which in today’s scene is not there anymore. Working in construction i know that engineers determined by WW2 such […]
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St Joseph’s School Chapel 1878
With the discovery of coal and surge in industry within Blantyre in the 1870’s, the town’s Roman Catholic population grew quickly. In the 1821 census it was noted there were 149 Roman Catholics in Blantyre, and by 1881, there were over 600. It was no longer acceptable to meet for mass in converted homes or […]
Putting at the Church Green
This photo doesn’t have a date attached but we do know of some facts that may be able to pinpoint the exact Summer. We know it’s a fete day at the front of Blantyre Parish Church, the activity being putting on the front lawn. The children are unknown, but we do know that in the […]
The Circulating Library
With the building of a “state of the art” Church Hall at the junction of Main Street and Hunthill Road in 1893, High Blantyre Parish Church had added a great community asset not just for the people of the congregation, but a useable asset for everybody in the town. With immediate effect the church hall […]
Heritors Bond for New Church
By the late 1700’s, the old church in the old kirkyard, Kirkton, High Blantyre was showing some signs of ruin. In fact it was close to be being condemned. It was too small, too damp and not worth repairing. Taking action, the heritors of Blantyre (those who owned the main portions of land) decided to […]
Stonefield Church Unions
In 1965, Stonefield Parish Church was united with the Burleigh Memorial Church to become ‘Stonefield Burleigh Memorial Parish Church’. A second union took place in 1978 when the Anderson Church joined the union. At that time the church was renamed St Andrew’s Parish Church (Stonefield Burleigh Memorial Anderson Parish Church would have been quite a […]
Stonefield Parish Church
From the Book, “Blantyre Glasgow Road South – The Real Story” by Paul Veverka (c) 2017 Stonefield Parish Church The Stonefield Parish Church was located on Glasgow Road at the western corner of Church Street during the late 19th Century and through most of the 20th. It was originally noted as being a […]