Glasgow Free Church Training College

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Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Glasgow Free Church Training College

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      Other form(s) of name

      • United Free Church Training College (1900-1907)
      • Glasgow Free Church Teacher Training College
      • Glasgow Free Church Normal Seminary

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1845-1907

      History

      The Glasgow Free Church [Teacher] Training College (or Free Church Normal Seminary, as it was first known) was founded in the aftermath of the Disruption of the Church of Scotland, 1843, when one third of the clergy and laity left the Established Church. The Normal Seminary founded at Dundas Vale by David Stow had been transferred to the ownership of the Church of Scotland, as a condition of the award of government grant. Arrangements for the transfer were concluded in 1845, and the Church of Scotland refused to employ adherents of the Free Church. David Stow, almost the entire staff, students and pupils left Dundas Vale and founded a new Free Church Normal Seminary in Cowcaddens Street, at first in temporary premises but later in a handsome stone building.

      The Free Church College flourished, particularly under the rectorships of Thomas Morrison (1852-1898) and John Adams (1898-1902). Its later relations with the Established Church College were more amicable than at the time of its founding. From 1900-1907, it was known as the United Free Church Training College after the amalgamation of the Free Church with the United Presbyterians. In recognition of the increasing secularisation of education and society, the college came under secular control in 1907. Four Provincial Committees were formed to administer teacher training in Scotland based on the notional 'provinces' served by the ancient universities, and the Glasgow Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers assumed control of both Church Training Colleges in 1907.

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      Glasgow, Scotland

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      Related entity

      Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow (1907-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0049

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Dates of relationship

      1907

      Description of relationship

      The Free Church Training College merged with the Church of Scotland Training College to form the Glasgow Provincial Training College (later renamed Jordanhill College of Education).

      Related entity

      Glasgow Church of Scotland Training College (1845-1907)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0034

      Category of relationship

      associative

      Dates of relationship

      1907

      Description of relationship

      The two training colleges merged to form the Glasgow Provincial Training College.

      Related entity

      Glasgow Normal Seminary (1837-1845)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0036

      Category of relationship

      associative

      Dates of relationship

      1845

      Description of relationship

      The staff and pupils of the Normal Seminary left the Seminary to found the Free Church Training College.

      Related entity

      Stow, David, 1793-1864, educational writer (1793-1864)

      Identifier of related entity

      P0033

      Category of relationship

      associative

      Dates of relationship

      1845-1864

      Description of relationship

      David Stow was a governor and teacher at the College.

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      Authority record identifier

      C0035

      Institution identifier

      GB 249

      Rules and/or conventions used

      ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997).

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Created by Victoria Peters, December 2009.

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