Daily Archives: March 6, 2013


Amongst Britain’s diverse population are adherents of all of the world’s major faiths. Religious devotion often requires a place of worship: churches, mosques, temples, synagogues and gurdwaras. A reference to the first purpose built mosque in the UK made me wonder when each of these religious buildings were first erected in Britain. Michael Portillo’s Great British Railway Journeys is now into its fourth series on BBC […]

First places of devotion