Records of York : Acomb Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends. 1914-1966.
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Society of Friends
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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...
York: Acomb Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends.
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A meeting for worship began in Acomb, near York, around 1905. In 1911 a former Primitive Methodist chapel on the Green was converted for a Meeting House. An Allowed Meeting was recognised in 1914, but it did not become a full Preparative Meeting until 1983. Historically a small Meeting, it struggled to continue during the 1930s and 1940s. It is part of York Monthly Meeting and is still in existence. From the guide to the Records of York: Acomb Preparative Meeting of the Society of Fr...
