Blue Idol Meeting marks William Penn’s death

Blue Idol Quakers commemorate the 300th anniversary of William Penn’s death

The Blue Idol in Coolham, West Sussex | Photo: courtesy of The Blue Idol

Blue Idol Quakers are celebrating the three-hundredth anniversary of the death of William Penn with a series of events at their historic Meeting house.

The tercentenary will be commemorated by monthly events leading up to the date of his death. He died on 30 July 1718.

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