Plaque

South Place Chapel

Erection date: 1927

Inscription

1824 - 1927 on this site stood South Place Chapel. Ministers:
1824 William Johnson Fox,
1864 Moncure D. Conway.
In 1888 the Society adopted the name South Place Ethical Society.

Site: South Place Chapel (1 memorial)

EC2, South Place, 12-13, River Plate House

We have Sue Thorburn to thank for bringing this plaque to our attention.

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South Place Chapel

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South Place Chapel

A radical nonconformist congregation, led by William Johnson Fox moved from B...

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South Place Ethical Society / Conway Hall Ethical Society

Possibly the oldest surviving free thought organisation in the world, and the...

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Moncure Daniel Conway

Born Stafford County, Virginia, USA. Social reformer and ethical preacher. He...

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William Johnson Fox

Born Suffolk. 1806 he enrolled in the Independent academy at Homerton, then '...

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