Just right: Margaret Cook on a unique and historic Meeting

‘She is the 789th high sheriff, and the first to be a Quaker.’

‘Ann was determined to lean on her Quaker heritage, choosing Jordans, the burial place of William Penn.’

Jordans Meeting House in Buckinghamshire has been described by Simon Jenkins as ‘the Westminster Abbey of Quaker meeting houses’. Recently, a Meeting for Worship was held there that might add to its historical import.

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