Cumberland General Meeting was laid down in June 2008. However the two constituent Area Meetings continue to work together to provide a programme of joint events and study days and to provide joint services including a newsletter and this website.
The General Meeting comprised those Quaker Meetings situated in the northern part of Cumbria. This area extends northwards from the A66 to the Scottish borders and from the Solway Firth in the west to the hills of the Pennines in the east. The General Meeting district takes in the Northern Fells of the Lake District National Park, the Cumbrian plain northward to the Solway estuary and parts of the Eden Valley and northern Pennines.
To the south, Cumberland General Meeting
bordered with Westmorland General
Meeting, which encompasses the heartland
of early Quakerism in Northern England. To the north, across
the Solway Firth, our nearest neighbouring meetings are those
in West Scotland Area
Meeting, located in the Galloway peninsula.
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TO CONSTITUENT LOCAL MEETINGS:
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KESWICK | COCKERMOUTH | WHITEHAVEN |
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CARLISLE | PENRITH | WIGTON | MOSEDALE | ALSTON |
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BRITAIN YEARLY MEETING WEBSITE |
QUAKERS IN NW ENGLAND A QUAKER CENTRE AND PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE, ULVERSTON A PROJECT OF NORTHERN QUAKERS COUNTRY HOUSE AND CONFERENCE CENTRE, GRASMERE A PROJECT OF WESTMORLAND GENERAL MEETING DISPLAYED IN KENDAL |
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Grateful acknowledgement is made to the author, David M. Butler and the publishers, Friends Historical Society, 1999, of 'Quaker Meeting Houses of Britain' for their permission to use factual details and text, in part or abridged, relating to the history of meeting houses in the area. Location maps on this web site are reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Licence number: AL 100037873. Grateful acknowledgement is made to Martin R. Bagness for assisting with map preparation. |