Height Friends Meeting House- Society of Friends

Friends Meeting House,
Height
Lancashire

Cemeteries

The meeting house has a graveyard. The few monuments in the graveyard were transcribed in 1993; a copy is held at the Barrow Record Office.

Church History

It was founded in 1677; no set meeting house previously in the area. Meetings discontinued c1890, but briefly revived just before the final closure in 1910. Premises sold 1922. The small arched window above the entrance door was reputedly a watch window. The meeting house still has a graveyard nearby.

Church Records

Whilst every effort has been made to record exact details of record office and library holdings you are recommended to check with them before visiting to ensure that they do hold the records and years you wish to examine. Similarly check with transcript publishers to ensure they cover the records and years you require before making a purchase.

Original registers

Early registers at National Archives, London (microfilm copies at Cumbria Record Office, Barrow). Other records, including early minute books, at Barrow. The Cumbria Record Office, Barrow hold:

• Births 1652-1780
• Marriages 1659-1773
• Burials 1657-1768, 1833-1923

Maps

The church was located at OS grid reference SD4072584832. You can see this on maps provided by:

• this church marked on a Google map. (Use this to report a corrected location)
• Google Streetview (Drag pegman to centre of map to show picture)
• OldMaps
• StreetMap
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Magic
• Google maps showing nearby churches with satellite image option.

This site provides historical information about churches, other places of worship and cemeteries. It has no connection with the churches themselves.