"Members of the Clapham Sect were both of their time and ahead of it”
OFF CLAPHAM COMMON NORTH SIDE, NEAR the Old Town, stands the Anglican Holy Trinity Church. It's an imposing edifice, completed in 1776 near the site of a medieval church – in fact, an act of parliament was required to permit its construction. But its historical importance isn't due to architecture or its older heritage.
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