The Portico Library in Mosely Street was opened in 1806, following a decision taken by a group of Manchester businessmen in 1803 to found an institute uniting the advantages of a newsroom and a library. It is now "The Bank" pub. Also on Mosely Street was the Mosley Street Independent Chapel, where two children of William and Dorothy THACKWRAY were baptised, as well as two children of John and Mary KIRKMAN. The Portico Library is at the junction with Charlotte Street. A block further down, at the junction of George Street and Charlotte Street, was St.James Church, demolished in 1928, where the children of Christopher and Ann WEDDERBURN were baptised.
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