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The following is from 1838:<ref>''Random Recollections of Exeter Hall, in 1834–1837; by One of The Protestant Party'', (1838), pp.5–13.</ref>

[[The [[Freemasons' Hall, London|Freemasons Hall]]] is capable of containing 1600 persons, but as such accommodation was even then very insufficient for the numbers who wished to attend the meetings, ladies were excluded from those of the [[British and Foreign Bible Society|Bible Society]]; and at the [[Church Mission Society|Church Missionary]], and other popular anniversaries, the crowd was overwhelming. This was peculiarly inconvenient to the Chairman and speakers; for as the room was always filled long before the time for opening the proceedings, and there is no entrance to the platform but through the body of the hall, the difficulty of reaching the chair, and the speakers' seats, was extreme.

It was therefore determined, about the year 1828-9, by some influential persons, to enter into a scheme for building an immense edifice, which should contain a room large enough to hold any meeting, however numerous, with a smaller hall for lesser audiences, and a variety of committee rooms and offices, to be occupied by several societies, then crowded into the house. No. 32, [[Sackville Street, London|Sackville Street]], Piccadilly, and in other private buildings.

The site of Exeter Change, in the Strand, was selected, as central and convenient, and the fabric, known as Exeter Hall, was completed in 1831.