I am exploring the decline, laying down, and re-establishing of Keighley Preparative Meeting (Yorkshire) in the nineteenth century.  I am examining the religious, political, and social, context of change in terms of shifting identities. The study will also consider new approaches to the dissemination of historical research and the preparation of a creative exhibition of findings.

Topics

Keighley Quakers; Quakers in Yorkshire; Quaker identity; Nineteenth Century

About Kathie McLelland

(United Kingdom)

I was born, and grew up, in Keighley.  When I returned after many years away, I became involved with Keighley Quaker Meeting. This study comes out of my abiding interest in the history of the town and my increasing commitment to understanding the Quaker Way. The nineteenth century brought change – to politics, to society and to religious organisations.

In this study, I will critically examine Quaker Meeting records, and other resources, Quaker, and non-Quaker, to expose what it meant to be a Friend in this part of Yorkshire (and, more broadly, in the United Kingdom).  This will take into consideration some individuals involved with Keighley Meeting, and the two Monthly Meetings to which it belonged, by examining their personal and their religious, social lives and, in some cases, their political activism.

Find out more

I am in my first year of study.

KXM@student.bham.ac.uk