John Taylor was an entrepreneur, poet and composer of both secular songs and hymns from Norwich, England.
Engraving after a portrait by Nathan Branwhite (1808)
Holkham Hall
Octagon Chapel, Norwich
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The Octagon Chapel is a Unitarian Chapel located in Colegate in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The congregation is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.
John Taylor (Unitarian hymn writer)
…found himself bedridden for a time. In the 1810s he regained some strength and by 1814 he contributed a selection of hymns for the congregation of the Octagon Chapel, a Chapel which his father had helped to build and maintain. While Taylor was being driven by horse and carriage with his son Philip, the horse was…
The Octagon Chapel, Norwich.
James Sillett - The Octagon Chapel, Norwich (Norfolk Museums Collections)