Records of York : Amethyst Band of Hope of the Society of Friends. 1874-1886.
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York: Amethyst Band of Hope of the Society of Friends.
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At a meeting at the home of Jemima Spence in September 1874, a group of York Friends decided to set up the Amethyst Band of Hope for the children of Friends. Fielden Thorp was the first president and Elizabeth Burtt acted as secretary. Children pledged 'I promise to abstain from all intoxicating liquors as a beverage' in order to join. The opening meeting was held a month later. The Band of Hope was still active in 1886, and indeed its meetings were attracting record attendances of around 50, bu...
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...
