A collage from Quaker Bottom...

...for the WidWed historical theme today...

Quaker Bottom is a small collection of houses and farms which has been connected to the Quakers since the 17th Century.

The barn at Quaker Bottom was converted into a purpose built Meeting House in 1697 which itself was completely rebuilt in 1754 on the same site and which still hosts services to this day. It became a centre for meetings for Quakers from a wider area – the Pontefract Monthly Meeting and the Yorkshire General Meeting were regularly held there. After the small graveyard in front of the Meeting House was full some members had to be buried at Wooldale Meeting House until land was acquired from Elihu Dickinson behind the Quaker Bottom building and a new one created. The first burial took place there in 1790. The headstones show several generations of the same family are buried there and the same few names crop up time and again. 

More info here if you are interested

A very pleasant walk goes past the meeting house, and one time when we passed there was an "open day" in progress, and we were encouraged to go inside and learn more about the Society of Friends.