hanbury street chapel, spitalfields, london

chapel built c.1714 for french huguenots, taken over by the la patente group in 1740, joined by the three crown court church by 1760, when wesley preached here, later becoming a german lutheran church, a baptist chapel and a methodist chapel , when dickens did readings here, during which time the building was extended and given a new facade in 1864 by g.m.north, finally being bought in 1887 by christchurch nearby for use as a church hall, when it was used by annie besant and eleanor marx to organise the match girls strike in 1888. now a community hall