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Friends Meeting House, Hardshaw, St Helens

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Location	:	St Helens, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, England
Coordinate	:	53.4518340, -2.7320414
Description	:	The meeting house is the oldest building in St Helens town centre, but there are uncertainties over the exact date of the building. Butler suggests a date of c1600, the Historic England List entry states it dates from 1679 – 92 and Presland dates the building earlier than 1597. The Historic Environment Record notes that the building and burial ground were conveyed in 1679. What is clear, however, is the beginnings of the meeting house and burial ground. A horse collar maker from Bickerstaffe named George Shaw purchased three plots of land in the area in 1676; he gave the... Read More	The meeting house is the oldest building in St Helens town centre, but there are uncertainties over the exact date of the building. Butler suggests a date of c1600, the Historic England List entry states it dates from 1679 – 92 and Presland dates the building earlier than 1597. The Historic Environment Record notes that the building and burial ground were conveyed in 1679. What is clear, however, is the beginnings of the meeting house and burial ground. A horse collar maker from Bickerstaffe named George Shaw purchased three plots of land in the area in 1676; he gave the building and surrounding land to fellow Quakers of Hardshaw Monthly Meeting in 1679. Presland writes that the building purchased by Shaw was already constructed when three plots were sold by Sir Thomas Gerrard of Bryn (a wellknown family in the area) to a John Tarbock of Windle in 1597. The burial ground is to the rear of the building and backs on to Shaw Street. This has now been opened up to create the Friends Garden which is leased to the town and managed as a public park. The area has a low brick wall with stone copings and metal railings and in 2010 improvements were made that included landscaping and seating areas. It is not known whether burials are still in situ but there are three flat gravestones located to the south wall.

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Friends Meeting House, Hardshaw, St Helens is located at Church Street, St Helens St Helens, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens ,Merseyside , WA10 1AJEngland.
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Latitude: 53.4518340
Longitude: -2.7320414

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