'Fox's Pulpit - Firbank Fell'

Location : Sedbergh
Map - Ordnance Survey - SD 619937

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.

Aerial photo by Simon Ledingham.

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

Page last changed 18 July 2006.