Newington Green Unitarian Church
Date
1708
History
Newington Green Unitarian Church is one of London's oldest Noncomformist churches. It was founded in 1708 and was a place for religious Dissenters to congregate, worship and teach their beliefs. They held religious beliefs that countered that of the Crown following the Restoration of Charles II. Among these Dissenting groups were Quakers, Methodists and any other religious group who did not agree with the Church of England.
At the time, Newington Green was a village outside of London which meant that the establishment of the Newington Green Unitarian Church complied with the Five Mile Act of 1665. The Act prohibited Nonconformists from preaching - or even being - within a five mile radius of a main city or town.
Newington Green Unitarian Church is considered by many to be 'the birthplace of feminism' because of its links to writer Mary Wollstonecraft. Wollstonecraft attended meetings at the Church ran by Richard Price an influential Welsh-born minister of the Church who was also a writer, philosopher and radical thinker.
The Church still stands today under the name 'New Unity' and is paired with Islington Unitarian Church. The building was renovated in 2020 and describes itself as a 'radically inclusive community dedicated to justice and love'.
At the time, Newington Green was a village outside of London which meant that the establishment of the Newington Green Unitarian Church complied with the Five Mile Act of 1665. The Act prohibited Nonconformists from preaching - or even being - within a five mile radius of a main city or town.
Newington Green Unitarian Church is considered by many to be 'the birthplace of feminism' because of its links to writer Mary Wollstonecraft. Wollstonecraft attended meetings at the Church ran by Richard Price an influential Welsh-born minister of the Church who was also a writer, philosopher and radical thinker.
The Church still stands today under the name 'New Unity' and is paired with Islington Unitarian Church. The building was renovated in 2020 and describes itself as a 'radically inclusive community dedicated to justice and love'.
