Bo'ness, Carriden, Old Parish Church
Church (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Bo'ness, Carriden, Old Parish Church
Classification Church (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Carriden House
Canmore ID 49557
Site Number NT08SW 42
NGR NT 02475 80793
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49557
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Bo'ness And Carriden
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County West Lothian
NT08SW 42.00 02475 80793
NT08SW 8.06 02471 80792 Carriden House, Burial-Ground
In 1124-42, Carriden Church was granted to Holyrood Abbey by Robert, Bishop of St Andrews. It was dedicated by Bishop de Bernham in 1243.
It stood near the centre of the churchyard in the vicinity of
Carriden House, and was removed in 1766 when the church at NT 0187
8122 (NT08SW 9) came into use. It had two 'lofts', the seamen's
and the colliers', the 'Grange Isle' and the ordinary oblong floor space. The floor was of clay.
Name Book 1856; T J Salmon 1913; H Scott 1915-61; I B Cowan 1967.
No traces of this church remain.
Visited by OS (JLD) 16 January 1953 and (BS) 11 March 1974.
Field Visit (August 1977)
Carriden House NT 024 807 NT08SW 9
Site of church removed in 1766, which may itself have replaced a medieval
church. Area now appears as roughly rectangular enclosure containing gravestones of 17th- to 19th-century date.
RCAHMS 1978, visited August 1977
(Scott 1915-61, viii, 39; DES, 1974, 68)
Note (4 March 2025)
The site of a church is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (1856) - Linlithgowshire, Sheet 1
Information from HES (C Forman) 04 March 2025
