Kilbryde Chapel, Kilbryde, Kilmadock, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Kilbryde Chapel is part of the Kilbryde Castle estate. Kilbryde (Kilbride) used to be a parish in its own right between Kilmadock and Dunblane I think. There has been a Chapel on this site since the 1500s. The current building was built in the 1860s and is surrounded by a graveyard, containing some very old and interesting gravestones (when we were up today we noticed some work had been done to reveal some of the older ones). Near the church once stood Kilbryde Village, which was occupied until the 1920s. These houses have completely disappeared but around the year 1800 some 700 people lived in this locality. There are some Stewarts up here, Camerons and Campbells. If you look at the OS map I think the Camerons occupied Bows and Easter Bows judging by the gravestones, Stewarts congregated around Glastry and Nether Glastry, and Campbells had the castle I think (they have owned it since the 17th century – the castle dates back to 15th century). There are also a couple of Dewars in the graveyard. Dewar was an old family of Kilmadock I think and in particular Severie which is due north and on the Braes of Doune.

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