Eye - 11 January 2013

From new beginnings to cheerful odes

by Eye 11th January 2013

New beginnings

Nestled in the rolling countryside between Bournemouth and Salisbury lies Fordingbridge.

This small town has a Quaker history dating back to 1659, with a John Hunt mentioned in the list of Sufferings and the census showing thirty Quakers resident in 1788. A Meeting house was opened in 1696 and rebuilt in 1835.

Sadly, in 1905 the Meeting came to an end… or did it?