Records of Scholes Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends. 1874-1990.
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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...
Scholes Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends.
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A group of Friends emerged around Liversedge in the early 1650s, after George Fox passed through the area; however they were historically part of Brighouse Preparative Meeting. They included the Green family, William Newby and Rowland Glaister in Liversedge, and Jonas Long or Lang in neighbouring Hightown. There was a Meeting House and burial ground in Quaker Lane on the outskirts of Hightown from at least 1700. During the 18th century, the Crosland family of Oldfieldnook, near Scholes, played a...
