Keswick Quakers History
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Description
"There were some very early Quakers in Keswick going back to the mid-seventeenth century and the time of George Fox. According to his journal George Fox passed through Keswick in 1663. Anthony Tickell, Hugh Tickell, John Tickell and Thomas Dockray are the names of some of Keswick's earliest Quakers. Hugh Tickell was actually imprisoned for confronting the vicar of Crosthwaite, "In 1665 it pleased ye Lord to bestow worldly riches on him" and he provided Keswick Quakers with their first Meeting House at his own expense. This Meeting House was replaced...." -
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Further information
Link: https://www.cumberlandquakers.org.uk/local-meetings/keswick/history/
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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