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Joseph Priestley, Henry Bowman, Joseph Stretch Crowther, and Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds blue plaque

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Joseph Priestley, Henry Bowman, Joseph Stretch Crowther, and Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Mill Hill Chapel This elegant Gothic building, designed by Bowman and Crowther in 1848, replaced the original 17th century chapel. Its congregation - formerly Presbyterian, now Unitarian - dates from 1672. Joseph Priestley LLD FRS discoverer of oxygen, was minister here 1767-1773. Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.
Dr Joseph Priestley FRS LLD, a key figure in the Enlightenment and discoverer of oxygen, served as the minister at Mill Hill Chapel from 1767 to 1773; the chapel itself, with origins dating back to 1672, is an important site for Unitarian history, later redesigned by Henry Bowman and Joseph Stretch Crowther in 1848.

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