Cardonald Parish Church

The Building

The church was dedicated on 17th February 1889. It was modelled on the church which had just been built at Corrie. (Architect, P McGregor Chalmers.) The west aisle was added in 1899, the east aisle was added and the chancel extended in 1925; halls were built in 1940 and an additional suite of rooms linking church and halls and completing the present complex was added in 1960. Transferred from the Presbytery of Paisley 1929.

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Our History

How it all started

Began with a meeting held in the School Room at Cardonald on 26th January 1887 when it was resolved to approach neighbouring kirk sessions about the creation of a new parish in this developing area. This led in 1889 to the appointment of a minister and the granting of a constitution as a Chapel of Ease. The parish was disjoined from Paisley and Govan on 14th July 1890 and so the charge became Cardonald Parish Church, quoad sacra, within the Presbytery of Paisley.

Sanctuary Interior

Ministers

William Alexander Liston: 1889-1915,
Duncan Findlay McLean: 1915-1935,
John Shedden: 1935-1947,
Francis William Rae: 1948-1970,
John Stevenson: 1971-1983,
Eric McLachlan: 1983-2005,
Calum MacLeod: inducted 2007.

Acknowledgement

The main source for the information shown on this page of our website is a Historical Directory to Glasgow Presbytery, compiled by Andrew Herron; and revised and updated by Andrew Wale.

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Another resource is the booklet called Cardonald, the first hundred years, 1889-1989, published by Cardonald Parish Church. The historical information in the booklet had been gathered several years previously by Dr J. B. Forsyth (for a series of church magazine articles). Mr Gilbert T. Bell collated the sourced material for publication in booklet form.