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Basic Site Details

Name: Free Church Mission Hall, Uphall
Town, district or village: Uphall
City or county: West Lothian
Country: Scotland
Parish:  
Status:  
Grid ref:
Notes: Uphall Free Church dated from 1894, when a mission was begun in the village by Broxburn FC. In 1897 it joined a local United Presbyterian mission to form Uphall FC, which was sanctioned in 1898. It passed successively to the United Free Church, with a new church building opened in 1926, and to the Church of Scotland, in the latter case as Uphall South. The Church of Scotland charge is in the presbytery of West Lothian (formerly Bathgate) and was in the synod of Lothian and Tweeddale until the abolition of synods in 1993.

New church was built on the same site- in front of the old mission hall.

Alternative Names

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
 NameCurrent name?Notes
Item 1 of 4Church Hall  
Item 2 of 4Parish Church Mission Hall  
Item 3 of 4Uphall Free Church  
Item 4 of 4Uphall UF Church  

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Mission hall  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 31894 Build/construction 
Item 2 of 37 January 1894 Opened 
Item 3 of 31896 Design exhibited 

People

Design and Construction

The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 1James Graham FairleyArchitect 1894  

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2McWilliam, Colin1978Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland)  p461
Item 2 of 2RSA1896   488

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 4Edinburgh Evening News7 January 1894  p4. Opening.
Item 2 of 4West Lothian Courier26 August 1893  p4
Item 3 of 4West Lothian Courier2 September 1893  p5
Item 4 of 4West Lothian Courier13 January 1894  p5. Sketch of new church

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 3Courtesy of Uphall South Church History GroupInformation sent to Dictionary Sent June 2016. (Information from church booklet)
Item 2 of 3Courtesy of Uphall South Church History GroupInformation sent to Dictionary Sent June 2016
Item 3 of 3National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO)Register House PlansRHP 9206  

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