Graveyard Boundary Walls To Original Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1989. Graveyard wall.

Graveyard Boundary Walls To Original Parish Church

WRENN ID: seventh-turret-gilt
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Yorkshire Dales National Park
Country: England
Date first listed: 21 February 1989
Type: Graveyard wall
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SD 69 SW, 11/73

FIRBANK, FIRBANK FELL, Graveyard boundary walls to original Parish Church

Graveyard walls. Date uncertain, possibly pre-Reformation, recorded in mid C17, church demolished in 1830s. Dry stone walls enclosing area approx. 31m square. Entrance to west side. Some gravestones with early C19 dates. To south-east is Fox's pulpit, which George Fox preached for three hours to approx. 1,000 Seekers (forerunners of the Society of Friends) on 13 June 1652. The meeting led to the formation of the Society of Friends (Quakers).

Listing NGR: SD6189293744

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