Records of Wakefield Friends Adult School. 1884-1974.
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Wakefield Friends Adult School.
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An Adult School was set up by Friends in the Thornhill Street Meeting House in Wakefield in 1871; classes for women were also offered from 1895. By 1902, there were 116 men, women and children on the register. A Sick Club and a Savings Fund were in existence by 1884, and annual teas were being held. In 1888, a Young Men's Improvement and Debating Society was also formed, but held meetings irregularly. A branch school based in Westgate board school was opened in November 1894. There was also an a...
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...
