Bournville connections celebrated at Rugby Meeting House centenary
Opened in 1909, the centenary of Rugby Meeting House has been being marked all year.
On 19 October 1909, the Rugby Advertiser reported that, a ‘Mrs WM Darby, of Birmingham, formally opened a new Friends’ Meeting house, which will be available for Adult School purposes’. The paper liked the new building. ‘The new Meeting house is of a pleasing design, and reflects much credit upon the architect, Mr H Bedford Tylor of Bournville.’
Those present were right to be tentative as there is little evidence of any significant Quaker activity in Rugby prior to the twentieth century
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