Minutes, 1876-1917 (4 vols.) [S 22-25]; including lists of members to 1888 and minutes of Overseers meetings, 1904-1915; List of members, 1899-1911 [S 26]; Attendance registers for primary department and young men's class, Mission Room, 1915-1920 & c.1924 (2 vols.) [S 18-19]
Records of Leeds: Great Wilson Street Friends Christian Union
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 MS Dep. 1979/1 (Carlton Hill archive) Leeds Great Wilson Street Friends Christian Union
- Dates of Creation
- 1876-ca.1924
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 7 items
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Friends Christian Union was established at Fleece Lane Friends Adult School in April 1876 and had about 100 members initially. It held monthly meetings on Sundays, after meeting for worship, and a quarterly fellowship meeting. Its rules for membership were that applicants should 'admit having experienced a change of heart' and could demonstrate evidence of this in their daily lives, and that they wished 'to unite in worship with the congregation in Fleece Lane'. The Union continued after the Adult School moved to Great Wilson Street. A Mission Room was established by the Union at Great Wilson Street. There are no minutes for the Union after 1917, and records of the Mission Room's classes end ca.1924.
Arrangement
The records are numbered and arranged according to the system used when they were in Carlton Hill Meeting House
Access Information
The conditions of deposit include a clause requiring written prior permission from a Friend Custodian for access to consult current legal documents and any material less than fifty years old
Acquisition Information
The collection of archives of the Society of Friends formerly held at the Friends Meeting House at Carlton Hill, Leeds
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
Contents listed in Handlist 99, "Inventory of the records of Brighouse, Knaresborough, Leeds, and Settle Monthly Meetings of the Society of Friends formerly preserved at the Friends Meeting house, Carlton Hill, Leeds", 2nd edition, 1997
Conditions Governing Use
As with access, the photocopying of current legal documents and any material less than fifty years old requires the permission of a Friend Custodian
Additional Information
The records are deposited and remain the property of the Society of Friends