Quaker graveyard, Hawes
Historical Environment Record No:
MYD36599
Parish:
Hawes
OS Grid Reference:
Dale:
Description
Quaker graveyard, Hawes MYD36599 (c) YDNPA, 2023
The first Quaker meetings in Hawes were held in members’ houses. After the Act of Toleration was passed in 1689, Quakers were allowed to worship unhindered and build their own meeting houses. As early as 1680 Oswald Routh left land in Hawes for a Quaker graveyard lying beside the Hardraw road junction. By 1700 a cottage had been converted into a meeting house nearby. This continued in use until the 1920s. The property was demolished in advance of road widening but the graveyard still remains although now disused.
Source:
Alderson, James (1980) Under Wetherfell. The Story of Hawes Parish & People. Gayle: Brian Alderson [‘The Quakers’ pp75-77]