Auchengray
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Auchengray is a small village in South Lanarkshire
, Scotland
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It has a small church whose architect was Frederick Thomas Pilkington
(1832-98), the ground given by George Robertson Chaplin (proprietor) of Colliston House
, Arbroath, the uncle of David Souter Robertson of Lawhead House
nearby. The church has two stained glass rose windows, one of which has a spelling error in "Haleluya". White marble memorial stones to GRC and DSR, erected by their tenants, are on the back wall.
There was once an Auchengray railway station
. Next to the station to the north west there is an abandoned brickworks, that produced bricks impressed with the Auchengray name.
Nearby are the villages of Tarbrax
and Woolfords.
Auchengray is also the location of Auchengray Primary school which is used by the surrounding villages and farms. The school has regular access to the church which is all of twenty metres away. This is used for lunch and Physical Education.
Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland http://www.electricscotland.com/history/gazetteer/vol1page82.htm
South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of the former county of Lanarkshire. It borders the south-east of the city of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns and smaller villages....
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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It has a small church whose architect was Frederick Thomas Pilkington
Frederick Thomas Pilkington
Frederick Thomas Pilkington was a Scottish architect, practising in the Victorian High Gothic revival style. His father was also an architect.Frederick Thomas Pilkington practised as an architect in Edinburgh from 1860 to 1883...
(1832-98), the ground given by George Robertson Chaplin (proprietor) of Colliston House
Colliston Castle
Colliston Castle, near Arbroath, Scotland, was built in 1545 by Cardinal Beaton, abbott of Arbroath Abbey. It was a Z-plan tower house, and was altered and extended in the 18th and 19th centuries...
, Arbroath, the uncle of David Souter Robertson of Lawhead House
Lawhead House
Lawhead House is about a mile outside the village of Tarbrax. It is on the Buildings at Risk Register. It was built in 1859 by David Souter Robertson who also built Auchengray Church in Auchengray....
nearby. The church has two stained glass rose windows, one of which has a spelling error in "Haleluya". White marble memorial stones to GRC and DSR, erected by their tenants, are on the back wall.
There was once an Auchengray railway station
Auchengray railway station
Auchengray railway station was just outside Auchengray, a hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, County of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was served by local trains on the what is now known as the West Coast Main Line....
. Next to the station to the north west there is an abandoned brickworks, that produced bricks impressed with the Auchengray name.
Nearby are the villages of Tarbrax
Tarbrax
Tarbrax is a small village in the Parish of Carnwath, County of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is at the end of a dead end road off the A70 road between Edinburgh and Carnwath....
and Woolfords.
Auchengray is also the location of Auchengray Primary school which is used by the surrounding villages and farms. The school has regular access to the church which is all of twenty metres away. This is used for lunch and Physical Education.
Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland http://www.electricscotland.com/history/gazetteer/vol1page82.htm