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Single Person record details
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Person Code
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NA19213
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Corporate Name
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St Andrew-by-the-Green, Glasgow
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Dates
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1750-1975
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Activity
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The episcopal church of St Andrew- by-the-Green, 33 Turnbull Street, Glasgow, was built in 1750-1752 by William Paul and Andrew Hunter, masons, and Thomas Thomson, wright. Hunter was excommunicated by the Original Secession Church for the 'sin and scandal of biggin' an episcopal chapel. It is the oldest surviving episcopal church in Scotland, and was the first post-Reformation church in Glasgow to use an organ in public worship, hence its nickname 'the Whistlin' Kirk'. There were several long serving incumbents, the Rev J Falconer from 1751-1807, and Dean Routledge from 1807-1843, but most notably Dr James Frederick Skinner Gordon (1821-1904) who served there from 1844-1890. The latter remodelled some aspects of the church's interior in high church style and undertook missions to the destitute poor of the city.
The episcopal church of St John's, Cranstonhill, was united with St Andrew's in November 1959. The church held its last service in 1975 and, after a period of neglect, the building was converted into offices in 1988. It was the headquarters of the West of Scotland Housing Association and, since 2003, of the Glasgow Association for Mental Health.
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Jurisdiction
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Episcopal Church in Scotland, Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway
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Notes
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See 'The Glasgow Encyclopedia' by Joe Fisher (Edinburgh, 1994). New Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004-2009) for entry on Dr JFS Gordon. The Scottish Episcopal Church Year Book and Directory, 1973-74 (Edinburgh, 1973
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Associated records
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GB243/TD423 | St Andrew's by the Green Episcopal Church, Glasgow | 1750-1975 | GB243/TD1378/5 | Episcopal church of St Andrew-by-the-Green, Glasgow | 1858-1960 |
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