Hitchin Friends' Meeting House
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Hitchin Friends' Meeting House
Image: © John Lucas Taken: 24 Apr 2009
The third Meeting House in the town, the first being opened in 1694, and this one was constructed in the late 1950s. The Hertfordshire Meeting was established in 1668 and initially held covertly in members' houses as in the very early days of the movement, dissenters were liable to imprisonment or deportation.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.949357
Longitude
-0.28041