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The Masonic Hall

Description

The history of the building known as the ‘Masonic Hall’, from its early inception as a dissenting chapel of worship for Calvinists and later the Congregationalists, to its acquisition by a group of local Freemasons in 1883, and the roles many of its members played in the life of the town.

Author: Peter Boon

Booklet size: A5

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