Records of York : New Earswick Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends. 1917-1970.
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York: New Earswick Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends.
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New Earswick, a model village designed by Joseph Rowntree, dates to 1903 and lies on the northern edge of York. An Allowed Meeting opened in 1917, within York Monthly Meeting, which met in the Folk Hall. It became a full Preparative Meeting a decade later. A purpose-built Meeting House was opened in 1988 in White Rose Avenue on the village green. This was partly funded by the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Housing Trust. From the guide to the Records of York: New Earswick Preparative Meeti...
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...
