Quaker Meeting House, Farfield and Anthony Myers blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Farfield Quaker Meeting House built 1689 by Anthony Myers of Farfield Hall in the year of The Act of Toleration which gave freedom of worship to Quakers and other nonconformists Recorded plaque organisation: Historic Chapels Trust, Addingham Civic Society.

Anthony Myers was a prominent local landowner who, in 1689, constructed the Farfield Quaker Meeting House shortly after the passing of The Act of Toleration, which granted religious freedom to Quakers and other nonconformist groups. This act facilitated the establishment of places of worship like the Farfield Meeting House, symbolizing a significant step towards religious tolerance in England.