What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: Tanfield Hall. The first assembly of the Free Church of Scotland was held here on 18th May 1843 and in the same hall the union of the Secession and Relief Churches was consummated 13th May 1847.
Tanfield Hall hosted the first assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1843, marking a significant schism within Scottish Presbyterianism, and later witnessed the union of the Secession and Relief Churches in 1847, solidifying its importance in the history of Scottish religious reform.
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