Briggflatts Meeting House
Encyclopedia
Briggflatts Meeting House is a Friends Meeting House
of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
, near Sedbergh
in Northwest England
, built in 1675.
It is the subject of Basil Bunting
's poem “At Briggflatts meetinghouse” (1975) .
Most references use the spelling "Briggflatts", with two 'g's and two 't's. This is the spelling Bunting used for his poem. However, some sources give the spelling of the meeting house with a single 'g': "Brigflatts" or with a single 't': "Briggflats". A single source is not always consistent with spelling of this name. It is not clear which spelling(s) are correct.
Friends meeting house
A Friends meeting house is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends , where meeting for worship may be held.-History:Quakers do not believe that meeting for worship should take place in any special place. They believe that "where two or three meet together in my name, I am there among...
of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Religious Society of Friends
The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...
, near Sedbergh
Sedbergh
Sedbergh is a small town in Cumbria, England. It lies about east of Kendal and about north of Kirkby Lonsdale. The town sits just within the Yorkshire Dales National Park...
in Northwest England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, built in 1675.
It is the subject of Basil Bunting
Basil Bunting
Basil Cheesman Bunting was a significant British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of Briggflatts in 1966. He had a lifelong interest in music that led him to emphasise the sonic qualities of poetry, particularly the importance of reading poetry aloud...
's poem “At Briggflatts meetinghouse” (1975) .
Most references use the spelling "Briggflatts", with two 'g's and two 't's. This is the spelling Bunting used for his poem. However, some sources give the spelling of the meeting house with a single 'g': "Brigflatts" or with a single 't': "Briggflats". A single source is not always consistent with spelling of this name. It is not clear which spelling(s) are correct.
External links
- VisitCumbria.com "Brigflatts Meeting House" page with several good photos.
- north-west-quakers.org.uk photo of Briggflats, external view, black and white
- north-west-quakers.org.uk photo of road to Briggflats, black and white
- Photos of Quaker meeting houses in Britain http://www.flickr.com/photos/qmh