Records of Bradford Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends 1650-1968

London Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends

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Bradford Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends.

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A Meeting was settled in Bradford around 1652 by Christopher Taylor of Chapel-in-the-Bryer, who had been convinced by the preaching of William Dewsbury. A group of Quakers from Bradford was amongst those imprisoned in York Castle in early 1661. John Wynn and his wife Deborah Kitchin were both early ministers and held meetings at their home. When the structure of the Society was formalised in 1669, Bradford Friends became part of Brighouse Preparative Meeting. This arrangement did not last beyond...

Hodgson Harry Roberts

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Society of Friends England Yorkshire History Sources

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Yorkshire Quarterly Meeting of the Society of Friends

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There is strong evidence for a Quarterly Meeting being held in Yorkshire in December 1665; however the first full series of Quarterly Meetings took place in March, June, September and December 1666. This pattern continued unbroken to October 1966. After 1966 it was re-named Yorkshire General Meeting. Over the centuries, the following Monthly Meetings have existed within the Quarterly Meeting boundaries: Balby (1669-); Brighouse (1669-); East Riding (1665-1669); Elloughton, later Cave (1669-1784)...