Old Parish Kirk

Possibly the most historic building in Falkirk, the church stands on the site of what is probably the first Christian edifice in the town.

 

Falkirk takes its name from the first stone-built church, erected in the Middle Ages when it was known as the ‘Faw’ or ‘Speckled’ Kirk. Most of the present building dates from the early nineteenth century.

 

The church was the burial place for many of the Livingstones of Callendar, and inside there are two pairs of stone effigies of members of the family dating to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Buried in the churchyard is Sir John de Graeme, one of William Wallace's supporters, who was killed at the 1298 battle of Falkirk.