The South Place Ethical Society was founded in 1793 as the South Place Chapel on Finsbury Square, on the edge of the City of London, and in the early nineteenth century was known as "a radical gathering-place".
V roku 1793 bola založená kaplnka/modlitebňa South Place Chapel na Finsbury Square, na okraji City of London, ktorá bola na začiatku 19. storočia známa ako "miesto zhromažďovania radikálov".