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Donations for Stonefield Parish Church

March 29, 2017

From the Glasgow Herald, Friday March 1st 1878, page 9, there’s a letter telling of the need for people to donate subscriptions towards the cost of the Stonefield Parish Church Construction on Glasgow Road, at the corner of Church Street. “NEW CHURCH AT STONEFIELD, BLANTYRE. Manse of Blantyre, 28th February, 1878. SIR,— Will you kindly insert […]

1876 Need for a New Church

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March 28, 2017

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On 23rd April 1876, a Blantyre Session House record, recorded by Rev Stewart Wright of High Blantyre commented on the greatly increased population of Blantyre and how it now needed a new church. Rev Wright read out the following proposed letter, which was to be distributed throughout the Parish. “Every one acquainted with Blantyre […]