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~SOCIETY OF FRIENDS~ FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE 10 CANTERBURY LANE / 6 THE FRIARS The meeting house in Canterbury Lane was opened in 1688 and altered in 1772 Friends Meeting House, No. 6 The Friars
"The Friends' Meeting House is a small unpretending building, situate in Canterbury lane, which will hold about two hundred and fifty hearers." Directory 1847 The building in Canterbury Lane was actually bombed out in the June 1942 air raids
The 1851 census for religious worship, gives statistics for the Society of Friends attendence as follows: Morning - 9 Afternoon - 9 Evening - 0 1917 - Services Sun. 11. Adult School. Canterbury Lane; Sec., Mr. A. Graham Porter, 21 St. Martin's Road - For men, Sun., 2:15; for women, Tues., 6:30; Sec., Miss Elgar, 19 Dane John. |
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© T. Machado
2007
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