Quaker Meeting House, Crawshawbooth, Rossendale

Crawshawbooth Meeting House stands hard by an old Pack-horse bridge over the little River Limy to which descend, right and left, two ancient moorland roads, the one from Haslingden and the other from Accrington. At the time the meeting house was built Crawshawbooth was a mere hamlet, a handful of houses occupied by people who were spinners and weavers in wool and farmers as well The street in front of the building has been raised until the old bridge is a "saddle back" no longer. Now almost hemmed in by buildings this little Quaker Meeting House and burial ground is a green and peaceful oasis in the heart of an industrial district, open always for the purposes of rest and meditation. The graves, for the most part unmarked, are overwhelmed by trees, one of them the largest tree to be found in the whole of Rossendale. For over two hundred years Friends have held their meetings in this place and the very stones have acquired an air of peace which contrasts strangely with the dust and noise by which they are surrounded.

Many thanks to familytree.ratcliffs.net/craw.htm

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