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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Northumberland => Topic started by: lazytee on Saturday 29 May 10 23:04 BST (UK)

Title: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: lazytee on Saturday 29 May 10 23:04 BST (UK): Hallo everybody!

Does anyone know whether Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel is still standing in the 21st century?

Thank you.

Lazytee
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: Hollander on Saturday 29 May 10 23:14 BST (UK): Apparently still standing Lazytee, but closed in recent years.

http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/images/northumb/birdhope_craig.jpg
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: lazytee on Sunday 30 May 10 09:33 BST (UK): Many thanks, Finbar - I'll get up there one of these days.

Does anyone know if there are photos online?

Cheers, Lazytee.
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: stanmapstone on Sunday 30 May 10 13:24 BST (UK): That link given by Finbar Resartus is a photo as is
http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/images/northumb/birdhope_craig1.jpg

Stan
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: lazytee on Sunday 30 May 10 16:29 BST (UK): Thanks Stan, and apologies Finbar, I didn't read your reply carefully enough. Lovely to see the chapel.

Lazytee.
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: esdel on Wednesday 27 October 10 18:53 BST (UK): I think Google earth lets you walk by at ground level and see the chapel
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: lazytee on Friday 29 October 10 23:10 BST (UK): Thank you for the suggestion Esdel.

Unfortunately I can never get the little yellow man to work for me!

Regards, Hazel.
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: esdel on Saturday 30 October 10 07:09 BST (UK): Quote from: lazytee on Friday 29 October 10 23:10 BST (UK)
Thank you for the suggestion Esdel.

Unfortunately I can never get the little yellow man to work for me!

Regards, Hazel.

Keep hitting the + to go lower and lower.
If you are over a road he should now show automatically.

If not, load the latest version of Google Earth, free download

Good luck!
esdel
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: lazytee on Saturday 30 October 10 10:20 BST (UK): Thank you Esdel, but I can never get the little yellow man to face the right way! I'll just have to be satisfied with the excellent photos that have already been posted.

Cheers,

Hazel.
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: stanmapstone on Saturday 30 October 10 12:11 BST (UK): For Google Street View go to http://www.rootschat.com/links/0a7q/
Also see http://www.urc-northernsynod.org/archive/archive_news/birdhopecraig.htm

Stan
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: lazytee on Saturday 30 October 10 20:03 BST (UK): Thank you, Stan, for helping me again with information about Birdhope Craig. I must have passed the place many times in my youth (long ago), but never realized there was a chapel there. Also, I found the article about its history very interesting.

Regards,

Hazel.
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: Bluesb4sunrise on Tuesday 10 March 15 23:03 GMT (UK): Hi to everyone who mentioned birdhope Craig chapel. It is still standing in 2015 and has been converted into a holiday home , there are few pictures of it online at Sykes cottages 😊
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: lazytee on Tuesday 10 March 15 23:58 GMT (UK): Hi Blues!

Thanks for alerting me to the Sykes Cottage conversion of Birdhope Craig chapel. In fact, I'm always getting emails from Sykes Cottages, but had never noticed the new property!

Cheers, Hazel.
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: Bluesb4sunrise on Wednesday 11 March 15 06:43 GMT (UK): Hi hazel , wasn't really expecting a reply as this is an old post. Sorry should have been more clear. The church came up for sale about three years ago and my wife and I bought it. It took a year and a half to get the planning permission and have been doing the work for about the last fourteen months.
I have always been online to try and find any Old friends of the chapel and have came across this post many times .Just thought now that we are nearly done there may be people may want to visit if passing. Bearing in mind we rent it out so a heads up would be good but all are welcome who have an interest or related past. Barry
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: lazytee on Wednesday 11 March 15 10:36 GMT (UK): Thanks for your interesting message, Barry. I will send you a PM.

Hazel
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: Bluesb4sunrise on Wednesday 11 March 15 11:41 GMT (UK): Thanks hazel will look out for the pm, are you able to forward my msg to other people on the post as am new at this and not sure how to do it yet, take care , regards, barry
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: stevecoe1955 on Saturday 03 June 17 13:30 BST (UK): Thank you Lazytee for posting the original question....I believe my 5x great grandmother was baptised there in 1755, Isabell Scott...........very interesting.
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: lazytee on Saturday 03 June 17 20:16 BST (UK): Hi Steve!
I'm glad you liked my post about Birdhope Craig. Perhaps you could use the new holiday cottage as a base for exploring that part of Northumberland looking for the places where your ancestors lived. It's not far from Kirkwhelpington.
Good Luck!
Lazytee
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: rkive82 on Thursday 31 August 17 06:04 BST (UK): Barry kindly showed the property to my sister and me when we visited the area in June. I've been trying to post the images here, but it won't let me. I'll try again in the next day or two.
If anybody wants me to send large images, please send me a PM (personal message) giving your email address and I'll oblige.
The sign over the door says "BIRDHOPE CRAIG SCOTCH CHURCH 1826" Not Scottish but Scotch!
The sign over the manse door says "BIRDHOPE CRAIG MANSE 1830"
Richard
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: rkive82 on Thursday 31 August 17 06:21 BST (UK): The signs above the doors of the manse and the church.
Richard
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: rkive82 on Thursday 31 August 17 06:23 BST (UK): The manse on the left and the church on the right behind the greenery. This was taken from the main road.
Richard
Title: Re: Birdhope Craig Presbyterian Chapel
Post by: rkive82 on Thursday 07 September 17 15:56 BST (UK): More images from our visit to Birdhope Craig Scotch Church.
Here is the pulpit and a plaque remembering one Rebecca Marshall.
Barry is doing a fine job at restoring the building.
Rkive aka Richard

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