Winslow History Walk: Shopkeepers, Innkeepers, Craftspeople
Keach's Meeting House, Bell Walk, Winslow, Buckinghamshire, MK18 3AH
Keach’s Meeting House is a small, hidden building which has been used for worship since 1695. Before or after the walk visitors can see its open-backed benches, box pews, gallery, pulpit, communion table, memorial tablets and gravestones. It was built with the profits of a successful draper’s business, and the Baptist preacher after whom it is named worked as a tailor. During the walk around the historic town centre you will see some of the ways in which buildings have been used for different trades and businesses: a confectioner’s shop which housed a photographic studio, a Victorian shop added to some much older buildings, a bakery behind a pub. We’ll finish with the grounds of Winslow Hall and some of the workers who contributed to Winslow’s grandest building.
Timings
- Friday 11 September:
- Walk starts at 1100, Keach’s Meeting House open from 1030
Location & directions
Keach's Meeting House, Bell Walk, Winslow, Buckinghamshire, MK18 3AH
- Directions:
- Starts from Keach's Meeting House. Can be reached by the narrow road between The Bell and 3 Market Square
- Contact on day:
- David Noy
- Telephone number:
- +447713641238
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking required
- Booking conditions:
- Book via email or phone
- Booking contact name:
- David Noy
- Booking telephone number:
- +447713641238
- Booking email:
- [email protected]
Accessibility details
Access to the Meeting House is along a narrow path (beware of tree roots) and through a porch with shallow steps. The walk will be along pavements with dropped kerbs and very gentle gradients.
Additional information
Parking on Winslow Market Square or in Greyhound Lane (public toilets available) and Public Hall Car Parks. Check notices for fees in operation. The Meeting House has no water or electricity.
- Max number of people:
- 30
- Estimated duration:
- 1 hour(s) 15 minute(s)
