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Alloa Greenside Kirk Session
C0333 · Corporate body · 1929 - 1941

Greenside Church began as Greenside Mission Chapel, built in Greenside Street, Alloa in 1873 by David Paton, a member of Moncrieff Church. It originally came under the supervision of the Moncrieff Church but was erected as a separate charge of the United Free Church in 1921. In 1929 it became a congregation of the Church of Scotland, but was joined with Alloa West in 1941. Evening services continued on the Greenside site but 1949 sees the last records of this congregation.

C0331 · Corporate body · 1873 - 1921

Greenside Church began as Greenside Mission Chapel, built in Greenside Street, Alloa in 1873 by David Paton, a member of Moncrieff Church. It originally came under the supervision of the Moncrieff Church but was erected as a separate charge of the United Free Church in 1921.

C0332 · Corporate body · 1921 - 1929

Greenside Church began as Greenside Mission Chapel, built in Greenside Street, Alloa in 1873 by David Paton, a member of Moncrieff Church. It originally came under the supervision of the Moncrieff Church but was erected as a separate charge of the United Free Church in 1921. In 1929 it became a congregation of the Church of Scotland, but was joined with Alloa West in 1941. Evening services continued on the Greenside site but 1949 sees the last records of this congregation.

Alloa Ludgate Kirk Session
C0230 · Corporate body · 2009 -

The former West Church and North Church united to form Alloa Ludgate Church in 2009.

C0372 · Corporate body · 1900 - 1909

Melville United Free Church was formed, as the Congregation of the Associate Presbytery, in c 1800 when the Burghers split into Auld Licht and New Licht causes. The congregation was Auld Licht and split from the congregation which became Alloa West. A church was built in King Street, Alloa. The congregation joined with the Church of Scotland in 1839 as Alloa East but left at the disruption and became part of the Free Church. In 1900 it became Melville United Free Church and in 1909 it united with Chalmers United Free Church.

C0378 · Corporate body · 1900 -

Moncrieff United Free Church originated as a congregation of the original seceders formed from praying societies in Alloa. The societies had joined the Associate Presbytery in 1738 and in 1745 the seceders in Alloa were disjoined from Stirling. In 1747 after the split in the Presbytery over the Burgess oath, the congregation took the Antiburgher side in what was to be known as the General Associate Synod. The first minister, William Moncrieff, was ordained in 1749; he was the son of Professor Moncrieff of Aberforgie who was one the Four Brethren who founded the Secession Church. The General Associate Synod joined with the Associate Synod in 1820 to form the United Secession Church. At the union of 1847 the congregation became Alloa Townhead of the United Presbyterian Church, Presbytery of Stirling, then, in 1900, Alloa Moncrieff part of the United Free Church. It stayed out of the union of the United Free Church with the Church of Scotland in 1929 becoming part of the United Free Church continuing.

The church has been at its present site at Townhead, Drysdale Street in Alloa since 1792 and is in the Presbytery of the East. The current minister Is Reverend Jason Lingiah.

Alloa North Kirk Session
C0234 · Corporate body · 1970 - 2009

In 1970 Chalmers Church joined with St Andrew's Church to form Alloa North Church, based at the old St Andrew's building. The former West Church and North Church united to form Alloa Ludgate Church in 2009.

Alloa Outport and District
C0036 · Corporate body · 1718 -

The Scottish Board of Customs was established following the Act of Union of 1707. In 1722 this was replaced by a single Board of Customs (9 Geo.I c.21), but some commissioners continued to reside in Edinburgh for the transaction of Scottish business. In 1742 an independent Scottish Board of Customs was re-established but was again replaced in 1823 by a unified board for the United Kingdom (4 Geo.IV c.23). Certain powers were delegated to a subordinate board in Scotland which was formally abolished in 1833 (3 & 4 Will.IV. c.51).

The administration of excise in Scotland after 1707 was entrusted to Commissioners appointed in 1723. The administration of salt duties, however, was the responsibility of the Scottish Commissioners of Customs until 1798. In 1823 the administration of the excise throughout the United Kingdom was entrusted to a single board, certain powers being delegated to a subordinate board in Scotland (4 Geo. IV c. 23). The constitution of this subordinate board was modified in 1829 (10 Geo. IV c. 32) and it ceased to function in 1830. In 1849 the Board of Excise was amalgamated with the Board of Stamps and Taxes to form the Board of Commissioners of Inland Revenue. In 1909, (8 Edward VII c. 16) responsibility for excise duties was transferred from the Inland Revenue to the Board of Customs, which was re-named the Board of Customs and Excise.

The local work of the Boards of Customs and Excise was carried out by staff stationed in customs outports or excise districts. Although in many instances officials from both Boards were stationed in the same locations, the administrative structures of the two Boards were not identical. The Customs Board established outports which reported directly to the Board in either Edinburgh or London, and which in some cases had supervisory responsibility for subordinate ports or creeks. Excise was administered by local collections which were sub-divided into districts and divisions. Although the districts and divisions were subordinate to the collection, in many instances they also communicated directly with the Board in Edinburgh or London.

In addition to customs and excise work, local officers frequently maintained shipping registers and sea fishing boat registers on behalf of the Registrar-General of Seamen and Shipping.

C0400 · Corporate body · 1875 - 1970

St Andrew's Church, Alloa was originally formed as the Union Free Church after a secession from Alloa East Free Church led by the Assistant Minister, John Dempster Munro, in 1875. He was disqualified by the Free Church Presbytery and the congregation's petition to be admitted as a congregation under the supervision of the Presbytery was refused. After petitioning the Church of Scotland the congregation became members, as St Andrew's Church, under the supervision of Alloa Parish Church. Quoad Sacra status was bestowed in 1913 and St Andrew's was disjoined from Alloa. In 1970 the congregation of St Andrew's united with Chalmers Church and became Alloa North Parish Church but remained in the same building on Mar Place.

C0409 · Corporate body · 1600 -

There has been a congregation at St Mungo's since long before the Reformation with a chapel dedicated to St Mungo existing in Alloa since the 14th century. Following the Reformation, the church’s first minister was Reverend James Duncanson.

Originally, Alloa was in the parish of Clackmannan, but during the 14th century it was disjoined and became attached to the Diocese of Dunblane with the parishes of Tullibody and Alloa uniting in 1600. After the union of the United Free Church and the Church of Scotland, the church was more frequently known as Alloa St Mungo's in order to distinguish it from other Alloa churches. It has also been known at various times as Alloa Parish Kirk, the Established Kirk or the Auld Kirk.

The congregation moved to the site at Bedford Place, Alloa, in 1819, where they still worship today under the Reverend Sang Yoon Cha. The new church building, an early Neo-Gothic design, was built due to state of disrepair of the previous building; the danger of falling masonry meant that services had to be held outdoors wherever possible. Architect James Gillespie Graham and builders John Smith and Ramsay Traquair (all of Alloa) undertook the contract in 1816 and the church was opened on 20 Jun 1819 with a capacity to seat over 1500 members; today the figure is 600-700. The current land of the church was gifted to the congregation by John Francis Erskine, who later became the seventh Earl of Mar, on the condition that the land never be used as a burial ground. Stones from the Auld Kirk were used in the building of the Bedford Place church in order to cut costs and engravings can be seen on the brocks that indicate they had been used in a different building beforehand. Additions to the church were made in 1936-37 with the costs being absorbed by public subscription. The details of the reconstruction are detailed in Reverend Pitt Watson’s book ‘A Reconstruction of St Mungos’, however, the onset of war meant much of the work was left unfinished until 1967 under the supervision of Reverend Peter Brodie.

In 1927, the church bought a nearby building and converted it into what was known as the St. Mungo’s Halls, but the property was later sold in 1994 due to the cost of renovation.