View source for Glasgow, Scotland

See [[Scotland Open Brethren|Introduction and Legend]] for intro and key to abbreviations. D.V., this list will eventually contain Exclusive assemblies as well, and is sorted geographically by present council area.  Return to [[Scotland by Council|Index]]?

Also see:
* [[Falkirk, Scotland]], [[Lanarkshire, Scotland]], & [[Renfrewshire, Scotland]], which include suburbs of Glasgow.

=Glasgow=
* 1. Fl. 1843: John Bowes found 'two meetings in Glasgow'.
* 2. Bowesite assy: f. 23 October 1850; 1851, trans. Cowcaddens; disc. after 1855.
** 1850, Central Temperance Hall; 1851, Mechanics Institute, Cowcaddens.
* 3. West Campbell St. Hall: f. 1860; disc after 1882.
** 1860, Blythswood Hall, West Campbell St.
* 4. Bell’s Hall: fl. 1863–6.
** 1863, Painter's Hall, 34 Hutcheson St; 1865, Plasterers' Hall, 74 Trongate; 1866, Bell's Hall, Trongate.
* 5. Blackfriar’s St.: fl. 1863–8.
** City Hall, Candleriggs; 1866, Blackfriar's St.
* 6. Annfield St., Gallowgate: f. 1866; 1874, trans Gallowgate; disc. after 1904.
** 1866, Low Green St.; 1866, Tontine Halls, Trongate; Saltmarket St; 1870, 12 Hutcheson St; 1874, Gospel Hall, 34 Nelson St (later readdressed as Millerston St.); Gospel Hall, Sword St; 1886, Gospel Hall, 13 Young St.; by 1897, Gospel Hall, Barrack St.; 1902, Gospel Hall, 13 Young St.; by 1904, Annfield Hall, 609 Gallowgate; 1905, Wesleyan St.
* 7. Union Hall: f. 1860s; disc. 1970.
** 1860s, Hope Hall, 61 Renfrew St; Clarendon Hall; 1889, Union Hall, West Graham St.
* 8. New Central Tabernacle: f. 1923; disc. c.1928.
** 1923, New Central Tabernacle, George St.
* 9. City Temple: f. 1923, City Temple mission formed assy; 1945 disc.
** 1924, City Temple Hall, 73 Bedford St.

=Glasgow Neighborhoods=
==Central==
===Eglinton===
* 1. Buchanan Ct: f. 1874; disc. 1890s.
** 1874, Buchanan Court Hall, 83, Eglinton St.
* 2. Eglinton Hall: f. 1892, fr. Buchanan Ct. Hall; disc. 1946.
** 1892, Eglinton Hall, 11 Eglinton St; 1906, Wellcroft Halls, Margaret St; 1932, Wellcroft Halls, Peebles St.
* 3. Cumberland Hall: f. by 1908; disc. 1916.
** By 1908, Cumberland Hall, Cumberland St.

===Finnieston===
* 1. Marble Hall: f. 1865 after evangelism; disc. 1925.
** 1860, Marble Hall 85 Dumbarton Rd; Marble Hall (readdressed as 927 Argyle St.); 1907, Albany Hall, 534 Sauchiehall St; 1915, Albany Hall (1921, renamed Marble Hall), 893 Argyle St.
* 2. Claremont Hall: f. 1930; 1948, united with Hebron Hall, Kelvinside North.
** 1930, Claremont Hall, 943 Argyle St.

===Garngad (Royston)===
* f. 1889 as mission hall; 1892, formed assy.; disc. 1945.
** Gospel Hall, 28 Turner St.

===Garscube (Hamiltonhill)===
* fl. 1903; 1908 to Round Toll, Possilpark.
** Garscube Hall, 243 Garscube Rd; 1908, Round Toll Hall, 14 Possil Rd.

===Gorbals===
* 1. Fl. 186-
* 2. Cathcart Rd: by 1882; disc. 1930.
** By 1882, Gospel Hall, 9 Cathcart Rd; 1919, Gospel Hall, 115 Cathcart Rd.

===Rutherglen===
* 1. Fl. 1848.
* 2. Hebron Hall: f. 1864; disc. 1982.
** By 1897, 671/2 Cathcart St.; by 1904, Ebenezer Hall; by 1922, Masonic Hall, Queen St.; 1927, Masonic Hall, Cathcart Rd; 1929, Hebron Hall, King St.
* 3. Arunah Hall: f. 1925 by B.m.
** 1925, Araunah Hall, 2 Hawthorn Walk, Burnside.

===Townhead===
* 1. Townhead Assembly: f. 1875 after mission; disc. 1965.
** Townhead Gospel Hall, 148 Taylor St; 1888, Townhead Gospel Hall, 43 Mason St; c.1897, Inner Court Hall, 152 Parliamentary Rd; 1906, Townhead Gospel Hall, 45 Rottenrow.
* 2. Neil Hall: f. by 1913; disc. 1931.
** By 1922, Neil Hall, Parliamentary Rd.

==East==
===Baillieston===
* 1. Band Hall: fl. 1897.
** In 1897, Band Hall.
* 2. Gospel Hall: f.c.1924, mission hall formed assy.
** c.1924, Gospel Hall, Scott St; Evangelistic Hall, Buchanan St; 1929, Evangelistic Hall, 10 Main St; 1938, Gospel Hall, 18 Glasgow Rd.
* 3. Baillieston E.C.: f. 1952, fr. Gospel Hall.
** 1952, Lesser Hall, Miners' Institute, East End; 1959, Hope Hall (1984, Baillieston E.C.), Church St.

===Bridgeton===
* 1. Ebenezer Hall: f. by 1876; disc. 1976.
** In 1876, James St; 1903, Ebenezer Hall, 41 Dalmarnock Rd; 1922, Mordaunt Hall, 30 Mordaunt St; 1926, Ebenezer Hall, 32 Landressey St; 1964, Ebenezer Hall, George Lyon Memorial Hall, 60 Holywell St.
* 2. See Dalmarnock 1.
* 3. Gospel Hall: 1942, mission hall formed assy; disc. 1951.
** 1942, Gospel Hall, 1059 London Rd.

===Camlachie===
* 1. Camlachie Assembly: fl. 1866–7.
* 2. Lyon Hall: f. c.1873 as Camlachie Carters’ Mission; 1890s formed assy; disc. 1962.
** By 1904, Lyon Hall, East Hope St; 1930, George Lyon Memorial Hall, 60 Holywell St.

===Dalmarnock===
* 1. Gospel HaIl: fl. 1897–1904.
** By 1897, Gospel Hall, 179 Mordaunt St., Dalmarnock; in 1904, Gospel Hall, Landressey St., Bridgeton.
* 2. Baltic Hall: f. 1911; disc. 1958.
** By 1914, Baltic Hall, 518 Baltic St.

===Dennistoun===
* f. c.1873 as mission; 1887 formed assy.
** c.1873, McLachlan’s Hall, Gateside St; 1887, Porch Hall, East Miller St; 1986, Gospel Hall, 100 Finlay Dr.
** last known address was to be demolished in 2018 to build apartments;

===Gallowgate===
* 1. Nelson St.: fl. 1866–7
** In 1867, Nelson St. (later readdressed as Millerston St.).
* 2. Annfield Hall: see City 6.
* 3. Tylefield Assembly: f. c.1890; disc. 1974.
** c.1890, Wesleyan Hall, 88 Wesleyan St; 1905, Gospel Hall, 18 Tylefield St; 1920, Tylefield Hall, 8 East John St; 1923, Tylefield Hall, Campbellfield Halls, 87 Campbellfield St; 1927, Tylefield Hall, 733 Gallowgate; 1939, Tylefield Gospel Hall, 39 Bellfield St; 1941, Campbellfield Halls, Campbellfield St.; 1949, Tylefield Hall, 729 Gallowgate.

===Parkhead===
* 1. Parkhead church: fl. 1864.
* 2. Hope Hall: f. 1886; disc. 1939.
** 1886, 12 Ewing Pl; 1887, Hope Hall, 578 Old Edinburgh Rd; by 1897, Gt. Eastern Public Hall, 687 Gt. Eastern Rd.; 1904, Hope Hall, 458 Westmuir St; 1914, Masonic Hall, Quarrybrae St.
* 3. Gospel Hall: f. 1896; 1902 united with Hope Hall.
** 1896, Gospel Hall, 360 Westmuir St; 1908, Gospel Hall, 1357 Duke St., Parkhead Cross.
* 4. Parkhead Assembly: f. 1925, fr. Masonic Hall assy; 1992 disc.
** 1925, Ewing Pl. Assembly, 15 Ewing Pl; 1950, Parkhead Gospel Hall, 239 Westmuir St.

===Shettleston===
* 1. Shiloh Hall: f. 1884; 1972, united with Tabernacle Gospel Hall; 1972, trans. Sandyhills.
** By 1897, Cathkin Place Hall; by 1904, Gospel Hall, Wellshot Rd; by 1908, Shiloh Hall, William St; 1922, Shiloh Hall, 21 Ardholm St; 1972, Sandyhills Gospel Hall, 155 Amulree St., Sandyhills.
* 2. Fl. 1904–5
** Co-operative Hall, Gladstone Pl.; 1905 William St., Shettleston.
* 3. The Tabernacle: f. c.1904 as mission hall; formed assy 1938.
** Tabernacle Gospel Hall, 242 Old Shettleston Rd.

==Northcentral==
===Kelvinside North===
* f. by 1886; trans. Maryhill 1961.
** Gospel Hall, Abingdon St; 1886, Hebron Hall, 393 New City Rd; 1889, Hebron Hall, 567 New City Rd; c.1904, Hebron Hall, 10 Wilton St; 1950, Hebron Hall, 16 Wilton St; 1961, Hebron Hall Eastpark (c. 2010, Maryhill Gospel Hall), Avenue Park St., Eastpark.

==Northeast==
===Keppochhill (Cowlairs)===
* f. 1908; disc. 1956.
** 1908, Keppochhill Rd.; 1909, Gospel Hall, 314 Keppochhill Rd.

===Possilpark===
* 1. Round Toll Assembly: f. 1888 after mission; united with Union Hall, West Graham St. 1926.
** 1888, Round Toll Hall, 25 Possilpark; by 1890, Round Toll Hall, 243 Garscube Rd; 1893, Camperdown Hall, 18 Camperdown St; 1893, Round Toll Hall, 14 Possil Rd.; 1903 to Garscube Hall.
* 2. Balmore Hall: f. 1910 after mission; disc. c.1960s.
** 1910, Pioneer Tent Hall (1911, renamed Balmore Hall), 26 Balmore Rd; 1934, Gospel Hall, 5 Sunnylaw St.

===Springburn===
* 1. Springburn Assembly: f. 1881 through B.m.
** 1881, Gospel Hall, 30 Millerbank St; 1884, Gospel Hall, 37 Cowlairs Rd; 1902, Gospel Hall, Hillside (1924, readdressed as Hillkirk) Place.
* 2. Fl. 1907; f. 1907, fr. Springburn Baptist Church.
** 1907, Valleyfield Hall, Valleyfield St.

==Northwest==
===Drumchapel===
* fl. 1959 after evangelism; f. 1959.
** 1959, Gospel Hall, 10 Invercanny Pl.

===Knightswood===
* f. 1929 through B.m.; disc.
** 1929, Band Hall, Knightswood Rd; 1932, Gospel Hall, Knightswood Cross.

===Maryhill===
* 1. Eastpark: by 1877; 1961 united with Hebron Hall, North Kelvinside (now Maryhill Gospel Hall).
** 1877, Maryhill Rd; 1879, 32 Kelvinside Ave; by 1897, Conservative Hall, Barrack St.; 1909, Eastpark Hall, Avenuepark St.
* 2. Wyndford Hall f. by 1897; disc. 1961.
** By 1897, Gospel Hall, Lochburn Rd.; by 1904, Burgh Hall, Lochburn Rd; 1905, Wyndford Hall; 1915, Wyndford Hall, 167 Wyndford St; 1947, Wyndford Hall, 1491 Maryhill Rd.

===Partick===
* 1. Abingdon Hall: f. 1874 fr. Marble Hall, Finnieston; disc. c.2000.
** 1874, 10 Orchard St; 1881, Ewing Hall, Crawford St; 1891, Abingdon Hall, Stewartville St.
* 2. Thornwood Hall: 1948, mission hall formed assy; disc.
** 1948, Thornwood Hall, Thornwood Ave.

===Whiteinch===
* f. 1902; disc. 1986.
** 1902, Summerfield Hall, The Cross; Burgh Hall; 1904, Summerfield Hall, Smith St.

==Southcentral==
===Govanhill===
* 1. Preston Hall: f. by 1904; disc. 1919.
** By 1904, Gospel Hall, Preston St; by 1910, Preston Hall, Smith St; 1912, Preston Hall, 100 Batson St.
* 2. Hermon Hall: f. 1904 after evangelism; 1920, affiliated to the Baptist Union of Scotland.
** 1904, Hermon Hall, 294 Cathcart Rd.
* 3. Victoria Hall: f. 1917, fr. Hermon Hall.
** 1917, Dixon Halls; 1924, Victoria Hall, 163 Langside Rd.

===King's Park===
* f. 1932 through B.m; disc. 1982.
** 1932, King's Park Hall, 132 King's Bridge Dr; 1940, Assembly Hall, 566 Castlemilk Rd., Crowfoot; 1963, Assembly Hall, 564 Castlemilk Rd.

===Oatlands===
* f. 26 February 1882; disc. 1975.
** 1. 1882, Wolsely Hall, Wolsely St; 1897, Wolsely Hall, 434 Rutherglen Rd; 1930, Wolsely Hall, 21 Braehead St.
** 2. Mathieson St. Hall, fl. 1907; disc. 1907.
*** In 1907, Mathieson St.

===Pollokshaws===
* f. 1874; affiliated to FIEC, 2018.
** 1874, Templars' Hall; 1876, Gospel Hall, New St., Cogan St; 1920, Greenbank Hall, Greenbank St; 1934, Greenview Hall (now Greenview E.C.), 1439 Pollokshaws Rd.

===Shawlands===
* f. 6 June 1909 through B.m.
** 1909, Shawlands Hall; 1909, Albert Hall, Skirving St; 1989, Tinto Primary School, Tinto Rd.; 1994, 51 Netherauldhouse E.C. (c.2018, Auldhouse Community Church), Netheraulhouse Rd.

==Southeast==
===Cathcart===
* 1. Homelea Hall: f. 1911, fr. Elim Hall, Crosshill; disc. 1930.
** 1913, Cathcart Unionist Association Rooms; Gospel Hall (1917, Holmlea Hall), 1 Clarkston Rd.
* 2. Co-operative halls: f. 1914; 1917 united with Homelea Hall, Cathcart.
** 1915, Co-operative Halls, Cathcart.

===Crosshill===
* 1. Fl. 1876 (f.).
** 1876, Queen's Park Rooms, Victoria Rd.
* 2. Elim Hall: f. 29 October 1882; disc. 1991.
** 1882, 22 Allison St; 1890, Ellm Hall (1983, Crosshill E.C.), 5 Prince Edward St.

==Southwest==
===Craigton===
* f. 1943; disc.
** 1943, Craigton Gospel Hall, 7 Cemetry Rd.

===Govans (Govan)===
* 1. Bethesda Hall: f. 1874, fr. Marble Hall, Finnieston; disc. c. 2017.
** By 1881, Gospel Hall, 4 Helen St; by 1888, Gospel Hall, 3 Graham St.; 1906, Bethesda Hall, Holmfauldhead Dr., Linthouse.
* 2. Fl. 1888, fr. Bethesda Hall.
* 3. Harmony Hall: f. by 1889; disc. 1938.
** By 1889, Harmony Hall, 53 Harmony Row; by 1904, Harmony Hall, 47 Harmony Row; 1918, St. Gabriel’s Hall, Greenfield St; 1921, Cardell Halls, Govan Cross; 1925, Harmony Hall, 47&9 Shaw St.
* 4. Fl. 1900 fr. Bethesda Hall.
* 5. Graham St.: 1909 mission hall formed assy.; disc. 1913.
** 1909, Gospel Hall, 3 Graham St.
* 6. Whitefield Hall: f. 1926; disc. 1944.
** 1926, Cardell Halls, Govan Cross; 1926, Whitefield Hall, 423 Govan Rd; 1931, Whitefield Hall, 65 Carmichael St.
* 7. Parkholm Hall: see Paisley Rd.

===Ibrox===
* f. 1903; disc. 1920.
** 1903, Salem Hall, 159 Brand St.

====Paisley Road====
* f. 1876; trans. Govan 1947; disc.
** By 1904, Parkholm Hall, 364 Paisley Rd; 1947, Parkholm Hall, 65 Carmichael St.

===Nitshill===
* f. 1962, after evangelism; trans. Glasgow City Mission c.1972.
** 1950, South Nitshill E.C.

===Plantation===
* 1. Harley St: f. 7 February 1915.
** 1915, Gospel Hall, 66 Eaglesham St; 1916, Gospel Hall, 41 Craigiehall St; 1934, Gospel Hall, 33 Plantation St; 1970, Gospel Hall, Harley St.
* 2. Gospel Hall: f. 1921; disc. 1935.
** 1921, Gospel Hall, 66 Eaglesham St.
* 3. Sharon Hall: 1937, Plantation Gospel Tabernacle formed assy; disc. 1940.
** 1937, Sharon Hall, 20 Lambhill St., Plantation.

==West==
===Anniesland===
* 1. Anniesland Hall: f. 1868 as Anniesland Christian Association; 1942 formed assy.
** 1908, Anniesland Hall, 1601 Great Western Road; 1989, Anniesland Hall, 796 Crow Rd.
* 2. West Glasgow New Church: f. 1989, fr. Anniesland Hall.
** 1989, West Glasgow New Church, primary school; 1992, Anniesland College.



=Also See=
* [[Falkirk, Scotland]]
* [[Lanarkshire, Scotland]]
* [[Renfrewshire, Scotland]]




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=Sources=
* [[Open Brethren in Scotland 1838-2000|Scottish Open Brethren Assemblies 1838-2000]] by Neil Dickson
** As of May 5, 2020, Neil Dickson has given written permission for this history of Open Brethren assemblies to be shared online at discretion. There is every intent to rework this geographically in different formats with expansion as time and resources permit.