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| CHURCH (Continued) | Church (Continued | 026 | [continued from page 73] Park Incumbent, discovered, while repairs were being done to the Church, a Stone, which he considered to be a Tombstone, bearing either the date 1659, or 1665, but he cannot be quite certain which. A description of the stone, with some other particulars bearing upon the probable connexion of the date being the same as the Church, were forwarded by the same authority - the Revd. [Reverend] H Park to the Herald Newspaper Office, where, by referring to the file for 1852 or 3, the account may be seen. The oldest Record of the Parish in possession of the Kirk Session is a Baptismal Register, which goes back as far as 1676, but there is nothing in this document with references to a second or new church being erected. The Minister's authority for the Church being the old or first church of the Parish, built in 1659, is particularly given by him as his belief that a part of the present church is the Old Church of Cumbernauld. The Schoolmaster of the Parish - W. Wilson, is of opinion that the present Church is not the first church of the Parish. There is nothing really authentic known of its age. |
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[Page] 74Dumbartonshire -- Cumbernauld Parish
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