Quaker History

1668  June

York Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) asked the Friends of Scarborough Meeting to find a nearby convenient meeting place.

1709

In 1708 a Meeting House was registered at the Stokesley Quarter Sessions. It is not known if the present cottage was built at the same time or was already in existence.

1803

The property was sold. The Meeting House was demolished leaving the cottage and burial ground, although the latter was not included in the sale.

1669  March

The Monthly Meeting of friends was held at the home of William Worfolk in Staintondale.

1712  December

The first recorded burial at Staintondale burial ground. A gravestone with the name of James Postgate, dated 10th January 1717, still stands in the grounds. The last recorded burial here was in 1827.

1911

The cottage is put up for sale and has been in the ownership of Pickering & Hull Area Meeting since 1912.

1706  February

William Worfolk dies. He owned much of the land and gave many bequests including a gift of five pounds towards building a Meeting House in Staintondale.

1782 

With a decline in the number of Quakers in Staintondale, the Meeting was discontinued.

2009

Major refurbishment was undertaken to make Worfolk a sustainable building.