Records of Todmorden Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends. 1700-1994.

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...

Todmorden Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends.

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Mankinholes Meeting was settled in the 1650s, after Thomas Goodaire and Thomas Taylor preached in the area. In 1665 it was recorded under the name of Brighouse and Mankinholes, within Pontefract Monthly Meeting. In 1669, it became independent of Brighouse, within Brighouse Monthly Meeting. Its members at that time included Thomas and Richard Sutcliffe, John Whaley, Richard Holden, John Fielding [Fielden], Joshua Smith and Henry Dyson. Meetings were held mainly at the Sutcliffe family farm in Man...

Haworth, Caleb.

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Crossley, Anthony, 1903-1939

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