Godalming anniversary
Ruth C Martin writes about the three hundredth anniversary celebrations at Godalming Meeting
2014 was a very busy year for Godalming Meeting in Surrey. Although there were Quakers in Godalming by 1655 it was not until 1714, following the Tolera-tion Act, that they finally moved into the part of their property that became their Meeting room, having taken possession of the whole property around 1709. The first burial was in 1709 and the second in 1742. As the final burial at the old burial ground in Binscombe was in 1790, it would appear that they continued to use the old one until it was full.
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