Records of Leeds : Fellowship House Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends. 1920-1971.
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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...
Leeds: Fellowship House Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends.
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An Allowed Meeting opened at Burley Road Adult School in Leeds in 1904, becoming a full Preparative Meeting a year later. This formed part of Brighouse Monthly Meeting, until 1924, when it joined the newly formed Leeds Monthly Meeting. In 1938 the Adult School premises were subject to compulsory purchase by Leeds Corporation and a new site in Headlingley, known as Bleak House, was acquired. This became known as Fellowship House Friends Adult School and the name of the Meeting changed accordingly...
