Gloucester First Spiritualist Church

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Gloucester First Spiritualist Church
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Gloucester First Spiritualist Church
Location in Gloucester
Coordinates: 51°51′39″N2°14′47″W / 51.8607387°N 2.2463468°W / 51.8607387; -2.2463468
OS grid reference SO8317818028
LocationGloucester
CountryUnited Kingdom
Denomination Spiritualism [1]
Website http://gloucesterfirstspiritualistchurch.uk/
History
Status Spiritualist church
Founded1939
Architecture
Functional statusActive

Gloucester First Spiritualist Church is a spiritualist church in Henley Court in Gloucester, specifically a small building off Montpellier accessible through Montpellier Mews. It was founded in 1939.

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History

The first reported meeting of spiritualists in Gloucester was 1876. However, no official place of worship was founded until 1939, when the Gloucester Spiritualist Church met in Russell Street, as it was recorded in Kelly's directory. In April 1954, the church split and Gloucester National Spiritualist Church was formed. However, Gloucester Spiritualist Church still continued. In 1959, the church moved to its current site in Montpellier. In 1981, it became known as the Gloucester First Spiritualist Church. [2] [3]

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