Exhibition
Plan
This site contains the text from an exhibition
held at Bruce Castle
Museum, London N17 to mark the 300th anniversary of Quakers in Tottenham (October/November 1999).
Beginnings of
Quakerism
How did
Quakers begin?
The
message
Spread
of ideas
Testimonies
Friend
or Quaker?
Quaker
record-keeping
Persecution
Toleration
Act and beyond
Tithes
Early Quakers in
Tottenham
George
Fox and Tottenham
Tottenham
1700
An
early Tottenham Quaker
Tottenham
in the 17th century
Quaker Businesses
Quaker
trades
Quaker
merchants
Banking
Priscilla Wakefield
Priscilla
Wakefield
(1751-1832)
Priscilla
Wakefield the writer
Priscilla
Wakefield the philanthropist
Penny
Savings Bank
Early Development of
Tottenham Meeting
Meetings
for Worship
Tottenham
Friends Meeting House
Meeting
Houses
Tottenham
1789
Expansion:
changing membership
Thomas Shillitoe
Thomas
Shillitoe (1754-1836)
Thomas
Shillitoe's ministry
Tottenham 1800s
Rebuilding
of the meeting
house
Tottenham
1840
Tottenham
Monthly Meeting 1851
Tottenham
1872
Football
in Tottenham
Tottenham
Meeting 1890s
Burial ground
Burial
ground
Grave
Stones
William Dillwyn
William
Dillwyn (1743-1824)
Abolition
of Slavery
Josiah Forster
Josiah
Forster (1782
–1870)
Forster
Cottages
Forster
Cottages now
William Forster
William
Forster (1784-1854)
William
Forster in America
Famine
in Ireland + Anti-slavery campaign
William Edward
Forster
William
Edward Forster
(1818-1886)
Quakers and Education
Quakers
and education
Josiah
Forster (1693-1763)
Jane
Forster's School for Boys
Forster's
School continues
Eagle
House
Grove
House School
Adult
schools
Lancasterian
School
William Allen
William
Allen (1770-1843)
William
Allen the philanthropist
Luke Howard
Luke
Howard (1772-1864)
Naming
the clouds
The
climate of London
Luke
Howard and Goethe
Luke
Howard: philanthropy and religion
Hannah Kilham
Hannah
Kilham (1774-1832)
Hannah
Kilham: visit to the Gambia
The Phillips Family
Thomas
Phillips (1730-1797)
The
Phillips family
John
Phillips (1803-1894)
Mary
Elizabeth Phillips (1840-1922)
Ellen
Phillips
Joseph Howard
Joseph
Howard (1834-1906)
Tottenham 1900s
A new
century approaches
Tottenham
1900s
Conscientious
Objection the World Wars
Conscientious
objection
Death
sentence for refusing to fight
Fred
Murfin
Prison
Conversation
Alfred
Taylor
Famine
in Europe
World
War II
Arthur Riches
Arthur
Riches
Arthur
Riches in Rhodesia
Iris Harris
Iris
Harris (1909-1993)
New Meeting House
1960s
A
new meeting house
Quakers in Tottenham
Today
Quakerism
in the 1990s
Today's
Meeting in Tottenham
How
do we let our lives speak, today?
You
ask what is it to be a Quaker, ...some Tottenham Friends respond
A
thought from a Tottenham Quaker
Quaker Marriages
Quaker
marriages
Quaker Dress
Plain
dress
Cloaks
and shawls
Headgear
Changing
patterns of dress
Simple
dress for men
The
Griselda Aggs Fox Collection
The Quaker Tapestry
The
Quaker Tapestry
The contents of the Dressed
in Simplicity web site are based
on an exhibition held in October/November 1999 at Bruce
Castle Museum in Totteham
marking 300 years of Quakers in Tottenham. We are grateful to the
following for their help in putting the original exhibition together:
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