Cistern Lane, Falkirk

Object detail

Department

Photo

Collection

Taylor Bequest/Family & Personal Papers Group

Maker

Unknown

Production date

Circa 1900

Subject person

Falkirk Burgher Church

Falkirk St Andrew's Church

Falkirk Wesleyan Chapel

Falkirk Evangelical Union Church (Rutherford's)

Subject place

Cistern Lane/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
Cistern Lane Church/Cistern Lane/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area

Subject notes

The Auld Lichts Burgher Church was an offshoot of the Erskine Church in 1804. Building was completed in 1805. The church building was the place where the Falkirk Free Church congregation formed after the Disruption in 1843. The Cistern Lane Church later became a Wesleyan Chapel, later almost became a Quaker meeting place, then became an EU church, then, in the 1850s, was converted into dwelling houses. From 1863 part of it was a music hall at nights. Meeting hall on upper floor.

Accession number

P01170

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Subject category

Church Christianity Religion

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