Records of Leeds Friends First Day Schools. 1868-1898.
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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 Friends First Day Schools.
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Until 1868, the only Friends First Day School in Leeds was based at Camp Lane Court Meeting House. When the main Leeds Meeting moved to Carlton Hill in 1868, a new First Day School was set up there, whilst the original school stayed in the locality, in new premises in Fleece Lane. The teachers of both schools held joint meetings from 1868; from 1870, they were joined by teachers from the recently established First Day School in Mill Street. From 1895, there were also First Day classes for childr...
