Rawdon Quaker Meeting House

The Meeting House is a simple building built at a time when nonconformity of belief and religious practice was emerging from a time of persecution. The Act of Toleration in 1689 granted freedom of worship to Protestant Dissenters. The Meeting House was built by a group of small business men involved in the textile trade in the Rawdon area.

The site has two buildings and a graveyard . Some of the graveyard stones were moved to Rawdon from the first Quaker burial ground in the area when it was closed. There is the Meeting House and a "school room" in what was a stable block on the site attached to an earlier cottage.

More information available from the Historic England entry about the Meeting House. This also gives further information about the origins of Quakers.
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1313194?section=official-list-entry

Timings & Tours

Saturday 13 September:

11.00 - 15.00

Location & directions

Friends Meeting House, Quakers Lane, Rawdon, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS19 6HU

Directions:

How to find us: Rawdon Meeting House is just off the A65 - about 8 miles out of Leeds on the way to Skipton. We are near to Guiseley, Yeadon, Horsforth and Apperley Bridge. Quakers Lane turns off the A65 close to the roundabout where the A658 intersects.The Meeting House is on the left on the brow of the hill. Street parking permitted but note that it is not safe to park directly in front of the Meeting House. Buses A1,33 and 34 to/from Leeds and A2 to/from Bradford. Check West Yorkshire Metro for bus details.

Contact on day:

Bob Davidson

Telephone number:

+447761027725

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Access: the Meeting House and smaller room are accessible for wheelchairs - some assistance needed with entrances.

Additional information

Max no of people per tour:

30

Est. tour duration:

0 hour(s) 40 minute(s)

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