The Old Dura Kirk and Bonkle Church
30 November 2013
From George Russell of Carluke to the Lanarkshire rootsweb list 17 October 2014:
Bonkle Church is (now) Church of Scotland but, pre 1927 it would be a
'dissenting' congregation - i.e Presbyterian but not of the 'established'
church ...
It was formed from the congregation of Dura Kirk - the
'moor kirk' of
Cambusnethan, near the Shotts end of the Parish
...
Both Dura ( as a ruin ), and the original Cambusnethan Parish Church
( also
a ruin ) still survive. Bonkle is now a 'linked' congregation with
Coltness
Church in Newmains ( the next settlement westward).
The Bonkle United Pres Church
Baptismal record, 1837 - 1852http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=593863.msg5035728#msg5035728
