
What is recorded here
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.
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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