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Calton Parkhead - Church of Scotland,
142 Helenvale
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Opened for public worship in 1935
The present church in Helenvale
Street is a Union of Calton Old (Newbank)church, Parkhead West, Parkhead
East, Parkhead and Dalmarnock Old. All of whom originated from the Calton area
of Glasgow as new parishes were formed.
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Although the present church is in Helenvale Street, Parkhead, the origins of
the church itself can be traced back to Glasgow Cathedral and the Calton
area of Glasgow. The original Calton church was in Tobago Street and known
then as Calton Parish (Old) Church. Before moving to Tobago Street the
church was a Chapel of Ease within Glasgow Cathedral and its first minister
was the Rev. James Begg, from 1793 - 1802. The most famous claim Calton
Parkhead church can make is that the wife of one of its ministers, Rev.
William Chalmers Smith, was arrested for her part in the firing of a house
as part of a protest for the Rights of Women. Her name was Dr. Dorothy
Chalmers Smith.
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On 25th August 1979 Billy McLean married Elizabeth Wright Loughran |
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