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Anne Docwra

Religious Society of Friends, Quaker Meeting House, 12 Jesus Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8BA

  • 15 Sep 2026
  • | In person
  • | Pre-booking required
  • | Talk

Anne Docwra was self-taught in law, a feisty participant in the seventeenth-century pamphlet wars, and above all a prolific preacher of Quakerism in Cambridge.

A gentlewoman, but not wealthy, she gave Cambridge a Quaker Meeting House and burial ground, and set up a charity which to this day benefits Cambridgeshire and Peterborough people who are living in poverty. Take a chair in the Meeting House on the site of her home and find out how she did it!

This event is hosted by Cambridge Quakers. To find out more about Quakers visit: quaker.org.uk/about-quakers

Timings

Tuesday 15 September:
14:30-15:30

Location & directions

Religious Society of Friends, Quaker Meeting House, 12 Jesus Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8BA

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking required
Booking conditions:
Book via Eventbrite link
Booking website:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anne-docwra-tickets-1994936816721?aff=oddtdtcreator
Booking opens:
10 Aug 2026 10:00 AM

Additional information

Max number of people:
70

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