In 1652 George Fox came to Westmorland preaching that God can be experienced directly, without ritual or priest, the only ...

Quakers are celebrating 400 years since the birth of their faith's founder. George Fox, born in 1624, established the Quaker faith during a time of significant religious and political unrest.

Mary Penington, who lived through the turbulent years of the English Civil War, is well known amongst Quakers as the mother-in-law of William ...