Road signs, Brigflatts Friends Meeting House 1675. Brigflatts, Sedbergh, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
The Quaker Meeting House at Brigflatts is the oldest in northern England. Constructed in 1675, the building is considered as one of England's vernacular gems. George Fox (1624-1691), was the founder of the Quaker movement or Society of Friends. At the great Hiring Fair in 1652, Fox preached in the churchyard of Sedbergh Parish Church and again at nearby Firbank Fell, now known as Fox's Pulpit. He subsequently organised a permanent Quaker meeting at Brigflatts. The land for the Meeting House was purchased for ten shillings (50p) and the building constructed by the Quaker friends in the plain and undecorated style of local farmhouses of that period. The oad outer door, which still survives in place today, was added in 1706. The Burial Ground nearby (very near Brigflatts Meeting House), is still in use and contains the remains of over 700 Meeting House is the subject of Basil Bunting's poem “At Briggflatts meetinghouse” (1975). Most references use the spelling "Briggflatts", with two 'g's and two 't's. This is the spelling Bunting used for his poem. However, some sources give the spelling of the meeting house with a single 'g': "Brigflatts] or with a single 't': "Briggflats".A single source is not always consistent with spelling of this name. It is not clear which spelling(s) are correct.
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Location: Brigflatts, Sedbergh, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
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