One of the oldest Friends meeting houses in the country is in the village.
Its size and use of brick, along with several other architectural features, are unusual for meeting houses.
The government has provided schools, meeting houses, and even shops to village centers.
It has been continuously used for worship since then, and is one of the oldest Friends meeting houses still in existence anywhere in the world.
Some Friends meeting houses were adapted from existing structures, but most were purpose-built.
Meeting houses of this style usually have high windows so that worshippers sitting in meeting for worship cannot see outside.
Statues, street names, meeting houses and docks all hold clues to the history of the slave trade in your area.
We wish merely to learn names, details, locations of chapters, meeting houses and so forth.
They are distinct from meeting houses and chapels where weekly worship services are held.
Burial grounds were typical accompaniments to Friends meeting houses.