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This blue commemorative plaque records: A Place of Worship for 340 years Site of Friends (Quaker) Meeting House 1678 - 1834 - the first ‘dissenting chapel’ in Gloucester. Park Street Mission 1870 - 2018. The building was sold to The King’s School in 2019 and regular worship continues.
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This site marks the location of the first Quaker Meeting House in Gloucester, established in 1678, significant for its role as an early dissenting chapel during a period of religious persecution. The continuous use of the site for worship until recent times underscores its enduring importance to local religious and social history.
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