References and suggested reading

Endnotes

1. Crucked houses were usually one bay length 16ft. x 10ft. ( to allow oxen to turn ). Stone buildings were 2 or 3 bays, a common size being a farmhouse for family 18ft.x12ft. Roof principals were only 10 to 12 feet apart and width 15 or 16 feet to take the heavy stone slated roof. Arthur Raistrick, Yorkshire Dales (Dalesman 1991) p. 94
2. Minutes of Rawdon Meeting - B1, Archives, Brotherton Library, Leeds University.
3. Pitch pine table cost £88.72 in wood in 1990
4. Leeds City Council awarded the 50% grant.
5. Oliver Heywood Diaries 1630-1702, vol. 1. Edited by J.Horsfall Turner extracts kindly supplied by Mrs. Irene Lawson
6. Jean Mortimer, Thoresby Society, Second series vol.1. 1990 " Poor, deluded Quakers"
7. George Fox and The Quakers Cecil W. Sharman 1991 Q.H.S. P 225
8. Indenture of Land
9. Philemon Slater, Ancient Parish of Guiseley, ( orig. pub. 1880. Reprint Rigg Mt. Guiseley)
10. James H. Pallister, Rawdon and its History. Facsimile reprint. 1985 MT Rigg, Guiseley. p.77
11. Translation from Russell Mortimer of the loose document in the pocket of the earliest Knaresborough Monthly Meeting Minutes. A1/1 Archives, Leeds University.
12. Minutes of Rawdon Meeting - B1 Archives, Leeds University. Minute Book no.2 ( No1 missing. )
13. Margaret Fell, Womens Speaking, 1666 London; 1980 New England Yearly Meeting Of Friends - Out of print. ( see copy from J. Guise)
14. Rawdon was spelt with an "e" in the Minute books until 5.vi. 1864 .
15. Oward H. Brinton "Friends for 300 years" 1952 Pendle Hill Publications.
16. For further reading see such as Walter Kaye’s History of Rawdon School SS10/61 1882 Archives, Leeds University and other documents therein.
17. Minutes of Rawdon Meeting - Archives, Leeds University.
18. Richard Chilson, " All will be well" paraphrased from " Revelations of Divine Love", Julian of Norwich, first published 14^th. Century - Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Indiana USA.
19. Philemon Slater, Ancient Parish of Guiseley, ( orig. pub. 1880. Reprint Rigg Mt. Guiseley)
20. Item 61. Brighouse Monthly Meeting Charitable Trusts 1951 p.34
21. H.R. Hodgson, The society of Friends in Bradford. (Lund Humphries 1926) Pages 83, 84
22. The Family Tree associated with this article has been developed from an original document produced by the late Maurice Wilson, longtime Rawdon Friend, whose wife was a Grimshaw. It was kindly lent by Mrs. & Mr. Martin, his daughter and son-in-law.
23. Further research is necessary about this stone. Was it put in place in the 1920’s; Was there an article in the Dalesman magazine ? Grateful thanks to Billy Matchell for maintaining the stone and allowing access to it.
24. The notes concerning Jeremiah are from Jean and Russell Mortimer.
25. Mrs. Lawson, then occupier of Ivy House, lent Friends her thesis, " The Grimshaws and Ivy House and the Quaker Meeting House, Rawdon." ; for which we were most grateful. We both appreciate that there will be further corrections noted by historians. Grateful thanks to Mr. & Mrs Lawson for permission to photograph Ivy House, the barn and grounds for archival records.
26. Windsor Archives - Records for 1808 are not fully indexed yet.
27. The Rise of Quakers T.E. Harvey 1907 p.143
28. Minutes of Rawdon Meeting - B1 Archives, Leeds University.
29. Minutes of Rawdon Meeting - B1 Archives, Leeds University.
30. Minutes of Rawdon Meeting - Archives, Leeds University. Further reading, John Walvin, "The Quakers, Money and Morals", John Murray 1997
31. Amnesty International -- The late Herbert Snape had a lifelong concern for Amnesty International, writing letters on behalf of Rawdon Meeting and bringing the plight of prisoners to our attention.
32. Margaret Addis, sadly, died in 1997.