Britain Yearly Meeting

The Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationQuaker
AssociationsFriends World Committee for Consultation
RegionEngland, Scotland, Wales,
Channel Islands, Isle of Man
FounderGeorge Fox
Origin1652
Pendle Hill, Lancashire (See History of the Quakers)
Separated fromChurch of England
Congregations463 (as of 2020)[1]
Members17,540 members and attenders (as of end of 2022)[2]
Aid organizationQuaker Peace and Social Witness
Hospitals1
Secondary schools9 [3]
Other name(s)Britain Yearly Meeting (since 1995)
London Yearly Meeting (until 1995)
Quakers in Britain
Official websitewww.quaker.org.uk

The Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain, also known as Britain Yearly Meeting (and, until 1995, London Yearly Meeting), is a Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It is the national organisation of Quakers living in Britain. Britain Yearly Meeting refers to both the religious gathering and the organisation. "Yearly Meeting", or "Yearly Meeting Gathering" are usually the names given to the annual gathering of British Quakers. Quakers in Britain is the name the organisation is commonly known by.

  1. ^ Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain. "Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain: Tabular statement".
  2. ^ Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain. "Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain: Tabular statement".
  3. ^ Friends' Schools' Council. "Quaker Schools".

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