Tullibody Heritage Centre

Clackmannanshire

In Person

Tullibody first developed near the medieval church, which was  founded in 1149. The Abercromby family built Tullibody House near the River Forth and in 1760 George Abercromby turned the old church into the family mausoleum.  The Abercrombys also moved the village further south and in the 19th century a tannery was built there.  Tullibody expanded in the 1950s, when new housing was built for a large influx of miners from Lanarkshire, who came to work in the short-lived Glenochil Colliery.  Most of the old village was demolished and rebuilt. 

Tullibody  Heritage Centre is part of Tullibody Community Centre  and is run by the small committee of Tullibody History Group. It was established in 2001 and tells the fascinating story of the village and neighbouring Cambus. The displays include a model of old Tullibody; a fully furnished doll's house modelled on Tullibody House, owned by the Abercromby family (an illustrated genealogy gives details of this remarkable family); a replica Victorian schoolroom; as well as details about significant people, such as William Burns Paterson, who founded what is now Alabama State University, and the baker, botanist and geologist Robert Dick (1811-1866), to whom a fine memorial was erected in Tullibody in 2011 and unveiled by Sir George Reid.

The 1940s-style kitchen has been relocated and recreated this year as part of the changes to the Community and Heritage Centre and there will be a chance to see this and to find out about the plans to link the two parts of the building in the near future. 

Facilities

• Disabled Access
• Disabled WC
• WC
• Refreshments
• Parking
• Limited Access

Additional Access Information

There is no wheelchair access to the Victorian schoolroom and the 1940s-style kitchen.

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