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Avendale Old Parish Church

15 Feb 2010
  • The current Avendale Old Parish Church was opened in 1772

The current Avendale Old Parish church was built on its Kirk Street site in 1772, with the previous church having been known as St Mary's, and sited on the area opposite the castle, roughly where the telephone exchange is today.

The parish of Avendale itself was established in the 11th or 12th century, and earliest records of a church in Strathaven date back to 1288 - whereabouts unknown, but possibly at Threestanes or Kirklandpark.

Avendale Old Parish Church ministers since the Reformation:
1563-1567 - David Cunngham MA
1567-1574 - John Anderson
1574-1576 - John Hay
1576-1588 - Alexander Hamilton
1588-1648 - Alexander Norman MA
1648-1669 - Hugh Archibald MA
1669-1672 - William Hamilton
1672-1673 - James Hamilton
1673-1684 - Robert Young
1684-1694 - John Dalgleish MA
1694-1698 - Alexander Findlater MA
1698-1714 - John Hamilton
1714-1740 - Thomas Steel
1740-1782 - Robert Bell MA
1782-1821 - John Scott DD
1821-1850 - William Proudfoot
1850-1874 - Robert Reid Rae MA
1874-1893 - Duncan Taylor
1893-1901 - David Andrew Rollo BD
1901-1904 - Henry Grey Graham BD
1904-1939 - John Muirhead MD
1939-1958 - C Arthur Robertson BD
1958-1970 - William Arbuckle MA
1970-1988 - James P Fraser
1988-2001 - R Forbes Walker ThM
2001-2008 - Alan Gibson BA BD
2010- Alan Telfer (inauguration March 2010)

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