Lenzie Old Parish Church
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Lenzie Old Parish Church is a
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church in the town of
Lenzie Lenzie () is an affluent town by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. It is about north-east of Glasgow city centre and south of Kirkintilloch. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 8,873. ...
in
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, Scotland. The church, originally a
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, was completed in 1874. Although its name is ancient in origin, modern Lenzie only started to develop after piped water was extended to the area in the 1870s. Lenzie Old was one of three churches which were all built in the decade ( St Cyprian's and Lenzie Union Parish Church were the others). The church gained listed status in 1977.


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Churches completed in 1874 Church of Scotland churches in Scotland Listed churches in Scotland 1874 establishments in Scotland 19th-century Church of Scotland church buildings {{scotland-church-stub