The '' Piskies '' Saint Andrews by the Green(Glasgow) was built in 1750 and is the oldest Episcopalian church erected in Scotland since the reformation. To build the church, a piece of land of approx 1,090 sq yards was purchased for the sum of £90 5s. This plot was situated at the junction of the Molendinar and Camlachie burns from whence their waters mingled and flowed into the nearby river Clyde. This tiny portion of land was known as Willow's Acre and was formally part of the Eaglesham Croft. In this rural spot which was then the outskirts of the City, the church was rapidly built in the space of just one year. The Episcopalians were mainly Jacobites and their sympathies and loyalties lay strongly in favour of Bonnie Prince Charlie. They were also unpopular with the majority of Glaswegians who still held to the Covenanting traditions of the City. The church was built four years after the battle of Culloden and bitterness was still smouldering towards the Episco...
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