This narrow passage called Inkle Factory Lane (inkle is a linen tape woven on a narrow loom and used to trim clothing and other items) led off from North Albion Street and later became simply a continuation of College Street.
The building in the centre was the first chapel in Glasgow to house a congregation of the Associate Presbytery, founded in 1733 after a schism in the Church of Scotland. The congregation remained there until 1821, when it moved to Greyfriars United Secession Church in North Albion Street. The old building was finally demolished c 1845, after serving briefly as a meeting place for a sect known as the Irvinites.
Reference: Mitchell Library GC f914.14353 STU
Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Libraries Information and Learning
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Associate Presbytery, chapels, Church of Scotland, churches, inkle factories, Irvinites, lanes, linen factories, meeting halls, Seceders, Secession Church, sects
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