Fox's Pulpit - Firbank Fell, Cumbria

Fox's Pulpit - Firbank Fell

Location : Sedbergh
Map - Ordnance Survey - SD 619937

Fox's Pulpit - Firbank Fell. Pic N6130

George Fox

On the unassuming Firbank Fell, between Kendal and Sedbergh, is a place of pilgrimage, known as Fox's Pulpit. Here, in 1652, fresh from his vision on Pendle Hill, George Fox addressed a multitude,and thus began the Quaker movement, 'The Society of Friends'.

Adjacent to a memorial tablet, is a small graveyard where a church once stood. This is an evocative spot, and will cause many to lift their eyes to Heaven.

The inscription on the tablet reads :

LET YOUR LIVES SPEAK

HERE OR NEAR THIS ROCK GEORGE FOX PREACHED

TO ABOUT ONE THOUSAND SEEKERS FOR THREE

HOURS ON SUNDAY JUNE 13, 1652. GREAT POWER

INSPIRED HIS MESSAGE AND THE MEETING PROVED

OF FIRST IMPORTANCE IN GATHERING THE SOCIETY

OF FRIENDS KNOWN AS QUAKERS. MANY MEN AND

WOMEN CONVINCED OF THE TRUTH ON THIS FELL AND

IN OTHER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES WENT

FORTH THROUGH THE LAND AND OVER THE SEAS WITH

THE LIVING WORD OF THE LORD ENDURING GREAT

HARDSHIPS AND WINNING MULTITUDES TO CHRIST.

JUNE 1952.

Fox's Pulpit - Firbank Fell. Pic N6137

Fox's Pulpit - Firbank Fell
Aerial photo by Simon Ledingham.

Fox's Pulpit - Firbank Fell
Fox's Pulpit (center), and the Howgills. Aerial photo by Simon Ledingham.

Other Places with Quaker connections :
Swarthmoor Hall	Ulverston	96: SD 283773
Brigflatts Meeting House	Sedbergh	97: SD 642912
Colthouse Meeting House	Hawkshead	90: SD 359982
The Quaker Tapestry Exhibition	Kendal	Stramongate
Pardshaw Meeting House	Cockermouth	89: NY 104255