Quakers in Northumberland

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Surnames/tags: Quakers Northumberland

This page is for information and resources for Quakers in Northumberland.

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Contents 1 Monthly Meetings 2 Cemeteries 3 Meeting Houses 4 Websites 5 Publications

Monthly Meetings

Please note that the Quakers Project uses Monthly Meetings for categorisation purposes, not Quarterly Meetings or local Preparative Meetings

• Allendale Monthly Meeting
• Newcastle [upon Tyne] Monthly Meeting

Cemeteries

• Allendale Friends Burial Ground
• Cullercoats Friends Burial Ground
• Newcastle upon Tyne Friends Burial Ground
• North Shields: Coach Lane Friends Burial Ground (in use 1711-1829)
• North Shields: Stephenson Street Friends Burial Ground (opened 1811)

Meeting Houses

• Allendale:
  • Quaker Meeting Houses Heritage Project website, accessed 29 July 2023
  • 2019 blogpost by Larry Winger, accessed 27 March 2024
• Monkseaton, Quaker Meeting Houses Heritage Project website, accessed 2 August 2023
• Newcastle upon Tyne, Quaker Meeting Houses Heritage Project website, accessed 29 July 2023
• Stocksfield, Quaker Meeting Houses Heritage Project website, accessed 2 August 2023

Websites

• Quaker Family History Society website - Northumberland

Publications

• Joseph Besse. Sufferings of Early Quakers, 1753, Vol. I, pp. 173-190, Chaper XIII, Durham and Northumberland, Hathi Trust
• Proctor, Jennifer, Märit Gaimster, and James Young Langthorne. A Quaker Burial Ground at North Shields: Excavations at Coach Lane, Tyne and Wear. London: Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2016.