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Adel Quaker Meeting House and burial ground
Heritage Open Day: Quaker Meeting House, garden and burial ground which date from the 19th century. The house will feature an exhibition about its history. A 19th century building with an extension added around 2009. Visitors can view the meeting room set out for weekly Meetings for Worship, inspect an exhibition describing the history of the house and giving an insight into Quakerism in the locality. The burial ground features rows of resting places denoted by the traditional uniform Quaker headstones, including two graves of the War Graves Commission. There is also a garden at the rear of the house in which visitors are free to wander. There is ample parking space on sight and one parking bay for blue-badge holders. Attached to the meeting house is a caretakers cottage which, however, is not open to the public since it is privately occupied.
Sun 8 Sep:1230-1600; Free Entry.
New Adel Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS16 6AZ
Sun 8 September
Website:
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event//adel-quaker-meeting-house-and-burial-ground.html