St Oswald's Church, Maybole

St Oswald's Church is a congregation of the Scottish Episcopal Church located in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland. The current Priest-in-Charge is The Rev. James Geen.[1]

St Oswald's Church, Maybole
DenominationScottish Episcopal Church
Websitestoswaldsmaybole.org.uk
History
DedicationSaint Oswald of Northumbria
Architecture
Completed1883
Administration
DioceseGlasgow & Galloway
ProvinceScottish Episcopal Church
Clergy
Bishop(s)The Rt Rev. Kevin Pearson
Priest(s)The Rev. James Geen

History

The congregation was established in 1847 by Rev. William Scot Wilson, then rector of Holy Trinity in Ayr, to serve the English and Irish weavers in the area. There was no permanent church; the congregation met in a room on Abbot Street and were served by clergy from Girvan.[1]

In 1883, Wilson, who by then had been appointed Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, agreed to the construction of a permanent church in 1883.[2] St Oswald's Church was completed the same year and consecrated by Bishop Wilson on 18 December 1883.[3]

St Oswald's Church contains one of the few remaining pipe organs in Maybole, manufactured in 1893 by Alfred Kirkland.[4]

Previous rectors[5]
  • 1847-1911 Charge served from Girvan.
  • 1911-1932 Charge served from Holy Trinity, Ayr.
  • 1932-1934 Harry Rowley
  • 1934-1941 Charge served from Holy Trinity, Ayr.
  • 1941-1943 Thomas Veitch
  • 1944-1947 Leonard David Barnes
  • 1947-1949 William Howard Dale Chapman
  • 1949-1952 Richard Claud Wylie
  • 1952-1963 Ernest Jauncey
  • 1963-1984 Charge served from Ayr.
  • 1984-1995 Charge served from Girvan.
  • 1995-2017 Charge served from Ayr.
  • 2017- James William Geen
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References
  1. St Oswald's, Maybole website, St Oswald's Church, Maybole, retrieved 8 April 2019
  2. "St Oswald's", Maybole.org, retrieved 8 April 2019
  3. The Official Year-book of the Church of England. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1885. p. 376.
  4. Scotland's Churches Trust - Accessed: 14 June 2015
  5. David Bertie (2000). Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-0-567-08746-1.

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