KIRKFIELD, an ecclesiastical district (for a time),
attached to the parish of Gorbals, within the jurisdiction
of Glasgow, county of Lanark; containing 283.5
inhabitants. This place, which is situated on the south
bank of the river Clyde, is inhabited principally by persons
employed in factories connected with the city of
Glasgow. The district or parish, which was of moderate
extent, was separated for quoad sacra purposes, under
act of the General Assembly passed in 1834: it was in
the presbytery of Glasgow and synod of Glasgow and
Ayr. The minister's stipend was £150, without either
glebe or manse, and was paid from the seat rents by the
proprietors of the church, who were patrons. Kirkfield
church, originally the parish church of Gorbals, and
subsequently a chapel of ease, was purchased by the
proprietors in 1813, at a cost of £1200, and contains
1023 sittings. There are places of worship for members
of the Free Church and of the United Presbyterian
Church. In a civil point of view, Kirkfield is in the
parish of Govan; but ecclesiastically, in the parish of
Gorbals.