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Southampton Quaker Meeting House
Heritage Open Day: Visit the Victorian Quaker Meeting House (1884) to view and discuss its history and design and more! We know that the first Quaker meeting house in Southampton was a private home because it was mentioned in court proceedings in 1660. Between 1657 and 1666 some 60 Friends were prosecuted (a third of them women) for holding their own meetings for worship not in a church.
After the passing of the Toleration Act in 1689, Quakers built a registered Meeting House in Castle Lane (where the Old Law Courts now stand) in 1705. This was followed by a new Meeting House in Castle Square in 1822 (opposite what is now the Juniper Berry pub). As the town grew, a new Meeting House was built in 1884 conveniently close to the Quaker Burial Ground (established in the Avenue in 1662).
Sat 14 Sep:1000-1600; Free Entry.
1A Ordnance Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO15 2AZ
Sat 14 September