Contact: Jerry Cullum, Clerk, tel. 01420
543881 (or email
here).
About Us: Quakers have met at Alton Meeting House
since 1672. Today we're a fairly small but lively bunch of people,
typically about 20 to 25 meeting each Sunday, with an active group of
youngsters.
We regularly run discussion groups and other activities.
Our beautiful old Meeting House is welcoming and quiet, and our
adjacent burial ground and garden is very pleasant, too. Several local
groups hire the Meeting House regularly, and Alton
Counselling Service is based in our upstairs gallery area.
A
little history (more here
on the Alton website):
Alton Meeting House was built in Church Street in 1672 at a cost of
£204. Since then there have been a few alterations – for
example a new floor was laid in 1730, and a cottage added to the end of
the building in 1832. Since then we’ve added a few modern things,
like a kitchen, toilets, electricity and heating! However, very
recently we've improved things further with the installation of a
toilet for disabled people, a 'Reading Room' which houses our small
library, and we've renovated other parts that were in much need of it.
It's peaceful and characterful, and we think ours is the second-oldest
purpose-built Meeting House.
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