Keeping the Meeting

Under the 1662 Quaker Act it was an offence for five or more Quakers to meet for worship. Quakers were imprisoned and meeting houses were demolished. When the adult Quakers in Reading were in prison for disobeying this law, the children kept the Meeting for Worship going. Horsleydown Meeting House was demolished but the Quakers met for worship the next day among the ruins.

ref: C3

Pictorial Guide
Living Threads
B6 Woodbrooke print
B7 Service Overseas print
B8 Q-PAC: Quaker Peace Action Caravan print
C1 Swarthmoor Hall print
C2 Margaret Fell print
C3 Keeping the Meeting print
C4 Meeting Houses print
C5 Meeting Houses Overseas print
C6 Meeting Houses in the Community print
C7 Schools print

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Pictorial Guide

Living Threads

B6 Woodbrooke print

B7 Service Overseas print

B8 Q-PAC: Quaker Peace Action Caravan print

C1 Swarthmoor Hall print

C2 Margaret Fell print

C3 Keeping the Meeting print

C4 Meeting Houses print

C5 Meeting Houses Overseas print

C6 Meeting Houses in the Community print

C7 Schools print