Feeling the presence: Terri Hall on Alton Meeting
‘Quakers were meeting in Alton before the Declaration of Indulgence allowed it.’
The date 1672 is highlighted in dark bricks on the wall outside. This makes Alton Meeting House just the second in the country to be purpose built by Quakers. The burial ground, which predates the Meeting House, is still open for burials and there are some early gravestones still visible.
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