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Friends Meeting House, Kendal
Kendal Friends Meeting House is a Friends meeting house of the Quakers, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Kendal, Cumbria, in north-western England. There have been Quakers in Kendal since the 17th century when the town was visited by George Fox. The present meeting house was purpose-built in 1816 to replace the previous building used by local Quakers. Attendance at Sunday worship in 1816 numbered several hundred. Architecture The limestone building was designed by local architect Francis Webster. In the 1930s Stramongate School, a Quaker institution opposite the meeting house, closed. The building had housed Sunday school classes and it was decided to move them to the Meeting House, where Webster's Georgian architecture, Georgian design was modified to provide classroom accommodation on the 1st floor. Quaker Tapestry The building is the home of the Quaker Tapestry illustrating the history of Quakerism from the 17th century to the present day. Like the Bayeux Tapestry, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends Meeting House
A Friends meeting house is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), where meeting for worship is usually held. Typically, Friends meeting houses are simple and resemble local residential buildings. Steeples, spires, and ornamentation are usually avoided. When Quakers speak of a "church," it generally refers to the persons of the worshipping community, rather than the building itself. History Generally, Quakers believe that meeting for worship can occur in any place - not just in a designated meeting house. Quakers have quoted to support this: "Where two or three meet together in my name, there s Godin the midst of them." Therefore, theoretically, meeting for worship may be held anywhere. Before the advent of meeting houses, Quakers met for worship outdoors, in homes, or in local buildings. In the late 17th century, Welsh Quaker Richard Davies (1635-1708) described his experience meeting Friends outdoors:I went to visit ouryoung men, my former com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
