Conway Hall

In 1926 they built new premises, Conway Hall at 37 Red Lion Square, Bloomsbury, on the site of a tenement, previously a factory belonging to James Perry, a pen and ink maker. Coincidently this was the birth place of the prominent occultist, Harry Price^[1]. However the name of the society reflects the original location.

Conway Hall is named after an American, Moncure Conway, who led the Society from 1864-1885 and 1892-1897, during which time it moved further away from Unitarianism. Conway spent the break in his tenure in America, writing a biography of Thomas Paine. In 1888 the name of the Society was changed from South Place Religious Society to South Place Ethical Society under Stanton Coit's leadership.

The organisation is a member of the International Humanist and Ethical Union.