Congregational Memorial Hall

The Congregational Memorial Hall in Farringdon Street, London was built to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Great Ejection of Black Bartholomew's Day, resulting from the 1662 Act of Uniformity which restored the Anglican church.

The two thousand puritan ministers who refused to take the oath of conformity thereby established non-conformism.

[1] The hall was built upon the site of the Fleet Prison in Farringdon Street.

The hall was demolished in 1968 and Caroone House was built on the site — an office which was used by British Telecom for its international business and telephone tapping.

[2] In 1978 the Congregational Memorial Hall Trust was established to handle income from Caroone House and then from the capital raised from its sale.

The hall in 1879 when photographed for a lantern slide by York and Son
The plaque at Caroone House, recording the foundation of the Labour Party