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Quakers
The Religious Society of Friends During (or Quaker movement) was founded in 17th century England, as one of a number of "dissenting" or "non-conformist" Christian groups emerging after the English Civil War (1642–1651). George Fox (1624-1691), dissatisfied with the teachings of the Church of England, was one of the main founders of the Quaker movement, which believes that a direct experience of Christ is possible without the need for an ordained and hierarchical clergy. Fox became friends with the Fell family and used their home, Swarthmoore Hall, as a base for his missionary travels around the world. Quakerism gained a considerable following in England and Wales, and with immigrants in North America, Africa and elsewhere. The early Quaker movement faced persecution, for example embodied in the punitive Quaker Act of 1662 (England) and in 1660, Mary Dyer was hanged on Boston Common (America) for repeatedly defying a law banning Quakers from the colony. By 2012 there were an estimated 377 thousand Quakers around the world.[1]
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Friends' Meeting House
- Overview Map Street View Swarthmoor Friends' Meeting House, is located on Meeting House Lane in the Croftlands area of Ulverston, about half a mile east of the village of Swarthmoor. The …
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Friends' Meeting House
- Overview Map Street View The Friends Meeting House is located off Stramongate in Kendal. It was built in 1816 on the site of an earlier Quakers meeting house.[1] The building …
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Swarthmoor Hall
- Overview About Swarthmoor Hall Map Street View Swarthmoor Hall is a large house, built in c.1568, located in Ulverston, about half a mile east of the village of Swarthmoor. The …
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Religious Society of Friends- Quaker Meeting House
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Portrait of George Fox (1624-1691)
- 17th century portrait attributed to Peter Lely. Public domain image c/o Wikimedia Commons.
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Margaret Fell (1614-1702)
- Seventeenth century etching by Robert Spence. Public Domain image c/o Wikimedia Commons.
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Quakers
- "Quakers (or Friends) are members of a historically Christian group of religious movements formally known as the Religious Society of Friends or Friends Church. Members of the various Quaker movements …
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Friends' Meeting House
- Overview Map Street View The Friends' Meeting House in Wooley Burnfoot, Allendale is oldest Quaker Meeting House in Northumberland still in regular use. A Meeting House was first built here in 1688, replaced …
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Friends' Meeting House, Cotherstone
- Overview Map The Friends' Meeting House at Cotherstone is located in a field to the east of the village. The meeting house was built in 1797 and is still an …
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Brigflatts Quaker Meeting House, Sedbergh
- Overview About Brigflatts Map Brigflatts Quaker Meeting House, located about half a mile south-west of Sedbergh in Cumbria, was built in 1675.[1] George Fox, the founder of the Religious Society …
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Quaker Meeting House, Colthouse
- Overview Map Colthouse Quaker Meeting House built in 1688, with a later extension built in 1977. Nearby is a Quaker burial ground, which pre-dates this building. The building in Colthouse, near …
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Friends Meeting House, Wigton
- Overview Map Street View The former Friends Meeting House (Quakers) is located on West Street in Wigton. It was built in 1830 and is Grade II listed on the National …
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Friends Meeting House, Allonby
- Overview Map Street View This 17th century cottage in Allonby was converted into a meeting house by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1703 and extended in 1732.[1] The …
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Friends Meeting House, Alston
- Overview Map Street View The Friends Meeting House on Front Street in Alston was built in 1732, with contributions from the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and it was extended …
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Quakers in Briain
- Website of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain. "...Quakerism started in England in the second half of the 17th century, during the aftermath of the English Civil War; …
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Broughton Evangelical Church
- Overview Map Street View Broughton Evangelical Church is located on Meeting House Lane in Little Broughton. This was originally built in 1742 as a Meeting House of the Religious Society …
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Friends Meeting House, Cockermouth
- Overview Map Street View The Friends Meeting House (Quakers) is located on Kirkgate in Cockermouth. The current building was constructed in 1884, replacing an earlier meeting house of 1782, itself …
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Quaker Meeting House & Burial Ground, Eaglesfield
- The former Friends Meeting House (Quakers) in Eaglesfield was built in 1711. The adjacent Quakers Burial Ground is even older and is surrounded by a wall dated 1693.[1] The meeting …
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Quaker Meeting House, Keswick
- Overview Map Street View The Friends Meeting House (Quakers) is located on Elliott Park in Keswick. The present meeting house, designed by the Elliott Manning Partnership, was opened in 1994, …
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Quaker Meeting House, Pardshaw
- Overview Young Friends' Centre Map Street View The Pardshaw Quaker Meeting House complex is located in the hamlet of Pardshaw Hall, about ½ mile north-east of the of the village …
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Friends Meeting House, Moorhouse
- Overview Map Street View A former Friends Meeting House (Quakers) is located in Moorhouse. The meeting house was built 1733, replacing an earlier meeting house of 1681. The Meeting closed in …
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Friends' Meeting House, Penrith
- Overview Map Street View The Friends' Meeting House in Penrith is a former farmhouse which became the first dissenting place of worship in the town. In 1699, Quakers, who had …
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Former Friend's Meeting House, Scotby
- Overview Map Street View There was a Friend's Meeting House (Quakers) in Scotby, built in 1718, which for a time, hosted the Carlisle Monthly Meeting. It has not been used …
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Christian Brethren Church, Whitehaven
- Overview Map Street View The Christian Brethren Church ('Gospel Hall') is located on Sandhills Lane in Whitehaven. The building was previously a Quaker Meeting House, built in c.1725. Thomas Story (c.1670 …
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Mislet Cottage
- Overview Map Street View Mislet Cottage on Heanling Lane was built in c.1701 and used as a Friends' Meeing House (Quakers). At one time the farm here at Mislet supported …
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Quakergate Cottage, Morland
- Quakergate in the village of Morland is a former Quaker Meeting House, built in 1805. The Meeting was discontinued in c.1903 and the building was sold in 1962 for use …
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Quaker Cottage, Tirril
- Overview Map Street View Quaker Cottage is located at the southern end of Quaker Lane in Tirril. It was originally a Quaker Meeting House, built in 1731, with it's portch …
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Friends Meeting House, Middlesborough
- Overview Map Street View This Friends Meeting House is located on Cambridge Road in Middlesbrough. The Quakers purchased the house in 1961 and a built a large meeting room on to …
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Saltburn Evangelical Church
- Overview Map Street View Saltburn Evangelical Church is located on Leven Street in Saltburn-by-the-Sea. It is an independent church, affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. The building was originally …
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Friends Meeting House, Norton
- Overview Map Street View The Friends Meeting House, at the east side of The Green in Norton, dates from 1671. The building was restored in 1902 and had an extension …
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Friends Meeting House, Darlington
- Overview Map Street View The Friends Meeting House is located on Skinnergate in Darlington. The Quakers bought a house and land at Skinnergate in 1678, and converted it into a …
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Quaker Meeting House, Stocksfield
- Overview History Map Street View This Quaker Meeting House is located by the junction of Main Street and New Ridley Road in Stocksfield. It is located in a former Co-op …
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Ouaker Meeting House, Carlisle
- Overview Map Street View This Quaker Meeting House is located on Fisher Street in Carlisle. It is a relatively modern building of 1963. However, the site was originally a Quaker …
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Friends Meeting House, Monkseaton
- Overview Map Street View This Friends Meeting House is located at No. 23, Front Street, in Monkseaton. The building was originally a single storey cottage (Gourd Cottage) associated with Monkseaton …
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Friends' Meeting House
- Overview Map Street View Swarthmoor Friends' Meeting House, is located on Meeting House Lane in the Croftlands area of Ulverston, about half a mile east of the village of Swarthmoor. The …
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Friends' Meeting House
- Overview Map Street View The Friends Meeting House is located off Stramongate in Kendal. It was built in 1816 on the site of an earlier Quakers meeting house.[1] The building …
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Swarthmoor Hall
- Overview About Swarthmoor Hall Map Street View Swarthmoor Hall is a large house, built in c.1568, located in Ulverston, about half a mile east of the village of Swarthmoor. The …
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Religious Society of Friends- Quaker Meeting House
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
014158:Quaker Meeting House Jesmond Road Jesmond 1964
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from https://commons.wikimedia.org…
Portrait of George Fox (1624-1691)
- 17th century portrait attributed to Peter Lely. Public domain image c/o Wikimedia Commons.
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://commons.wikimedia.org…
Margaret Fell (1614-1702)
- Seventeenth century etching by Robert Spence. Public Domain image c/o Wikimedia Commons.
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…
Quakers
- "Quakers (or Friends) are members of a historically Christian group of religious movements formally known as the Religious Society of Friends or Friends Church. Members of the various Quaker movements …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
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Friends' Meeting House
- Overview Map Street View The Friends' Meeting House in Wooley Burnfoot, Allendale is oldest Quaker Meeting House in Northumberland still in regular use. A Meeting House was first built here in 1688, replaced …
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Friends' Meeting House, Cotherstone
- Overview Map The Friends' Meeting House at Cotherstone is located in a field to the east of the village. The meeting house was built in 1797 and is still an …
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Brigflatts Quaker Meeting House, Sedbergh
- Overview About Brigflatts Map Brigflatts Quaker Meeting House, located about half a mile south-west of Sedbergh in Cumbria, was built in 1675.[1] George Fox, the founder of the Religious Society …
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Quaker Meeting House, Colthouse
- Overview Map Colthouse Quaker Meeting House built in 1688, with a later extension built in 1977. Nearby is a Quaker burial ground, which pre-dates this building. The building in Colthouse, near …
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Friends Meeting House, Wigton
- Overview Map Street View The former Friends Meeting House (Quakers) is located on West Street in Wigton. It was built in 1830 and is Grade II listed on the National …
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Friends Meeting House, Allonby
- Overview Map Street View This 17th century cottage in Allonby was converted into a meeting house by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1703 and extended in 1732.[1] The …
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Friends Meeting House, Alston
- Overview Map Street View The Friends Meeting House on Front Street in Alston was built in 1732, with contributions from the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and it was extended …
from https://www.quaker.org.uk/
Quakers in Briain
- Website of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain. "...Quakerism started in England in the second half of the 17th century, during the aftermath of the English Civil War; …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
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Broughton Evangelical Church
- Overview Map Street View Broughton Evangelical Church is located on Meeting House Lane in Little Broughton. This was originally built in 1742 as a Meeting House of the Religious Society …
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Friends Meeting House, Cockermouth
- Overview Map Street View The Friends Meeting House (Quakers) is located on Kirkgate in Cockermouth. The current building was constructed in 1884, replacing an earlier meeting house of 1782, itself …
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Quaker Meeting House & Burial Ground, Eaglesfield
- The former Friends Meeting House (Quakers) in Eaglesfield was built in 1711. The adjacent Quakers Burial Ground is even older and is surrounded by a wall dated 1693.[1] The meeting …
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Quaker Meeting House, Keswick
- Overview Map Street View The Friends Meeting House (Quakers) is located on Elliott Park in Keswick. The present meeting house, designed by the Elliott Manning Partnership, was opened in 1994, …
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Quaker Meeting House, Pardshaw
- Overview Young Friends' Centre Map Street View The Pardshaw Quaker Meeting House complex is located in the hamlet of Pardshaw Hall, about ½ mile north-east of the of the village …
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Friends Meeting House, Moorhouse
- Overview Map Street View A former Friends Meeting House (Quakers) is located in Moorhouse. The meeting house was built 1733, replacing an earlier meeting house of 1681. The Meeting closed in …
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Friends' Meeting House, Penrith
- Overview Map Street View The Friends' Meeting House in Penrith is a former farmhouse which became the first dissenting place of worship in the town. In 1699, Quakers, who had …
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Former Friend's Meeting House, Scotby
- Overview Map Street View There was a Friend's Meeting House (Quakers) in Scotby, built in 1718, which for a time, hosted the Carlisle Monthly Meeting. It has not been used …
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Christian Brethren Church, Whitehaven
- Overview Map Street View The Christian Brethren Church ('Gospel Hall') is located on Sandhills Lane in Whitehaven. The building was previously a Quaker Meeting House, built in c.1725. Thomas Story (c.1670 …
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Mislet Cottage
- Overview Map Street View Mislet Cottage on Heanling Lane was built in c.1701 and used as a Friends' Meeing House (Quakers). At one time the farm here at Mislet supported …
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Quakergate Cottage, Morland
- Quakergate in the village of Morland is a former Quaker Meeting House, built in 1805. The Meeting was discontinued in c.1903 and the building was sold in 1962 for use …
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Quaker Cottage, Tirril
- Overview Map Street View Quaker Cottage is located at the southern end of Quaker Lane in Tirril. It was originally a Quaker Meeting House, built in 1731, with it's portch …
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Friends Meeting House, Middlesborough
- Overview Map Street View This Friends Meeting House is located on Cambridge Road in Middlesbrough. The Quakers purchased the house in 1961 and a built a large meeting room on to …
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Saltburn Evangelical Church
- Overview Map Street View Saltburn Evangelical Church is located on Leven Street in Saltburn-by-the-Sea. It is an independent church, affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. The building was originally …
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Friends Meeting House, Norton
- Overview Map Street View The Friends Meeting House, at the east side of The Green in Norton, dates from 1671. The building was restored in 1902 and had an extension …
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Friends Meeting House, Darlington
- Overview Map Street View The Friends Meeting House is located on Skinnergate in Darlington. The Quakers bought a house and land at Skinnergate in 1678, and converted it into a …
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Quaker Meeting House, Stocksfield
- Overview History Map Street View This Quaker Meeting House is located by the junction of Main Street and New Ridley Road in Stocksfield. It is located in a former Co-op …
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Ouaker Meeting House, Carlisle
- Overview Map Street View This Quaker Meeting House is located on Fisher Street in Carlisle. It is a relatively modern building of 1963. However, the site was originally a Quaker …
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Friends Meeting House, Monkseaton
- Overview Map Street View This Friends Meeting House is located at No. 23, Front Street, in Monkseaton. The building was originally a single storey cottage (Gourd Cottage) associated with Monkseaton …
Quaker Meeting House, Stocksfield
Ouaker Meeting House, Fisher Street, Carlisle
Friends' Meeting House, Penrith
Former Friend's Meeting House, Scotby
Christian Brethren Church, Whitehaven
Quaker Meeting House, Preston Patrick
Friends Meeting House, Middlesborough
Friends Meeting House, Darlington
Friends' Meeting House, Ulverston
Friends' Meeting House, Allendale
Friends' Meeting House, Cotherstone
Brigflatts Quaker Meeting House, Sedbergh
Friends' Meeting House, Coanwood
Quaker Meeting House, Colthouse
Friends Meeting House, Monkseaton
Friends Meeting House, Allonby
Friends Meeting House, Cockermouth
Quaker Meeting House & Burial Ground, Eaglesfield
Quaker Meeting House, Pardshaw
Friends Meeting House, Moorhouse
