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ST MARY'S CHURCH (Tron Church on Site of) Tron Church on site of St Mary's Church Church Officer
Mr Simpson
Stirlings Library
006.11 A large plain modern building with a spacious cupola in the centre of the roof. Its interior is well fitted up with Jews Galleries, sufficiently commodious for abour 1300 persons. This edifice is a parochial church and was built upon the site of an older one which "was founded and endowed by a community in 1484and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In the year 1592 it underwent a thorough repair and on the 8th of February 1793 it was destroyed by accidental fire. The steeple belonging to the church projects onto the Trongate forms a striking feature in the street. It was built in 1637. The underpart of the steeple being used as a tron gave to it its present name.
Clelland Annals.
TRON CHURCH Tron Church on site of St Mary's Church Church Officer Mr Simpson Stirlings Library 006.11 A large plain modern building with a spacious cupola in the centre of the roof. Its interior is well fitted up with Jews Galleries, sufficiently commodious for abour 1300 persons. This edifice is a parochial church and was built upon the site of an older one which "was founded and endowed by a community in 1484and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In the year 1592 it underwent a thorough repair and on the 8th of February 1793 it was destroyed by accidental fire. The steeple belonging to the church projects onto the Trongate forms a striking feature in the street. It was built in 1637. The underpart of the steeple being used as a tron gave to it its present name. Clelland Annals.
TRON STEEPLE Tron Steeple Mr Simpson
David Hume Church Officer
006.11 A large plain modern building with a spacious cupola in the centre of the roof. Its interior is well fitted up with Jews Galleries, sufficiently commodious for abour 1300 persons. This edifice is a parochial church and was built upon the site of an older one which "was founded and endowed by a community in 1484and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In the year 1592 it underwent a thorough repair and on the 8th of February 1793 it was destroyed by accidental fire. The steeple belonging to the church projects onto the Trongate forms a striking feature in the street. It was built in 1637. The underpart of the steeple being used as a tron gave to it its present name. Clelland Annals.
CITY OF GLASGOW BANK [Trongate] 006.11

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