Records of Rawdon Friends Adult School. 1945-1962.

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Records of Rawdon Friends Adult School. 1945-1962.

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Rawdon Friends Adult School.

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The Friends Adult School in Rawdon was established in 1885. It had a total of 86 members in 1902, declining to 77 in 1909, and was affiliated to the Leeds and District Adult School Sub Union. The school closed and the premises were sold ca.1962. From the guide to the Records of Rawdon Friends Adult School, 1945-1962, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) ...

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...