Auchengray is a small village in
South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire (; ) is one of 32 unitary authorities of Scotland. It borders the south-east of the Glasgow City council area and contains some of Greater Glasgow's suburban towns, as well as many rural towns and villages. It also shares bor ...
, Scotland.
Overview
It has a small church whose architect was
Frederick Thomas Pilkington
Frederick Thomas Pilkington (1832-1898), pupil of his father, was a "Rogue" British architect, practising in the Victorian High Gothic revival style. He designed mostly churches and institutional buildings in Scotland. Typical of his work is ...
(1832–98), the ground given by George Robertson Chaplin (proprietor) of
Colliston House, Arbroath, the uncle of David Souter Robertson of Lawhead House nearby, and Murlingden House. The church has two stained glass rose windows, one of which has a spelling error in "Haleluya," though correctly spelled in the original transliteration of the
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
הללויה. White marble memorial stones to GRC and DSR, erected by their tenants, are on the back wall.
There was formerly an
Auchengray railway station
Auchengray railway station was just outside Auchengray, a hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line.
It is near Tarbrax and Woolfords. The Wils ...
. Next to the former station to the north west there is an abandoned brickworks that produced bricks impressed with the name Auchengray.
Just outside the village is a small abandoned building, which used to belong to the West Lothian Water Board, until 1997 when Auchengray became part of South Lanarkshire.
Nearby are the villages of
Tarbrax
Tarbrax (Scottish Gaelic: "An Tòrr Breac" - meaning "the speckled tor") is a small village in the Parish of Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is at the end of a dead end road off the A70 road between Edinburgh and Carnwath.
Tarbrax ...
and
Woolfords
Woolfords is a small hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Woolfords is located on the road between Auchengray and West Calder, next to Cobbinshaw Reservoir. It was formerly part of West Calder in Midlothian a ...
.
Auchengray is also the location of Auchengray Primary school which is used by the surrounding villages and farms. The school has recently had a new build completed and now has the capacity for teaching primaries one through to seven. The Church hall that was previously used as the school lunch and gym hall now hosts a community cafe on a Thursday afternoon along with a variety of other social clubs.
See also
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List of places in South Lanarkshire
References
External links
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Villages in South Lanarkshire
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