Records of Bradford ('Heaton') Friends Adult School. 1890-1925.

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...

Bradford and District Adult School Union.

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Bradford ('Heaton') Friends Adult School.

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Following the successful operation of a Friends First Day School in Bradford since the 1850s, a separate Adult School was established in 1875 by H. B. Priestman. This met initially in the Female Educational Institute and then at the Mechanics Institute. The school did not have its own savings bank, but instead the teachers acted as agents for the Yorkshire Penny Bank. By 1886, the school was the fourth largest in the country, with an average attendance of 646 and between 1000 and 2000 members on...