Shaws Lane Relief Chapel in Berwick upon Tweed was founded in 1756 by a Presbyterian group seceding from the Low Meeting House in Hide Hill. The Congregation were of the Church of Scotland but preferred to choose their own Minister[1] and so they pooled what money they had or could raise in order to fund its construction.[2] The Relief Capel is situated between the High Street and Shaws Lane near the eastern extremity of Shaws Lane.[2]
The Ministers at Shaws Lane Relief Chapel were as follows,
It was opened in 1757.[1] and is the only Meeting House in Berwick still intact from that Century.[5]
Shaws Lane Berwick was later renamed as Chapel Street Berwick because of this Chapel,[6] and the Chapel itself became better known as the Middle Meeting House to differentiate it from The High Meeting House and The Low Meeting House.
The building remained as a Chapel until 1917 when the congregation joined with the Church Street Presbyterian Church to form St Aidan's Presbyterian Church of England. Since that time the chapel has been used as a bakery and an Electrical wholesalers.[5]