Records of Thirsk Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends 1660-1839

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)...

Society of Friends England Yorkshire History Sources

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London Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends

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Thirsk Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends.

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Thirsk Monthly Meeting was formed in 1669 and centred on Thirsk because it was the only urban centre and had the only Meeting House in the area, purchased by Thomas Pratt in 1647. At this point its constituent Meetings were Craike (later Huby) (c.1654-1827), Wilden (later Thirsk) (c.1662-1827), Borrowby (c.1652-1827) and Bilsdale (c.1663-1827). Helmsley Meeting formed at some point after 1669. A letter addressed by Quarterly Meeting in 1672 "to the apostates belonging to Thirsk Monthly Meeting" ...