Details of Hertford Quaker Meeting
Location: Friends Meeting House, 50 Railway Street, Hertford SG14 1BA
Day of Meeting: Every Sunday and Wednesday
Time of Meeting: 10:30am (Sun), 12:30pm (Wed)
Children: Welcome (see Children's Meeting)
Location Map: Multi Map (Opens in new window)
Contact: Katey Earle, Clerk, Tel: 01992 304943. Gerald Drewett, Tel: 01992 416442
Email:
kateyearle@ntlworld.com
gerald.drewett@ntlworld.com
Accessibility Details: Wheelchair access, accessible toilet. No hearing loop
Directions, Transport and Parking: Stations: Hertford North, 1 mile; Hertford East, ¼ mile. Free car parking on Sunday in street or in nearby car park above bus station opposite
Hertford Quaker Meeting for Worship takes place every Sunday at 10.30am, lasting for one hour. Everyone is welcome to attend. Refreshments are available after the meeting, with an opportunity to chat to members and attenders.
A shorter Meeting for Worship takes place every Wednesday at 12.30pm, lasting for 30 minutes, followed by soup and a roll. Everyone is welcome to attend.
The Meeting House is adjacent to Hertford Bus Station and is within close proximity to two train stations. Parking at Bircherley Green car park above the bus station is free on Sundays.
Children's Meeting
Children's meetings are held on the first three Sundays of the month. Children sit in the Meeting until 10:45am and then go into the Quaker Room for the Children's Meeting. The meeting includes discussion of Quaker-related topics and activities such as drawing and crafts.
On the fourth Sunday of the month, children are welcome to attend Welwyn Garden City Meeting, and on the fifth Sunday, if there is one, St Albans.
Open Days
Hertford Friends Meeting House is a Grade 2* Listed Building – built in 1670, it is the oldest Meeting House built by Friends that has remained in unbroken use. It is opened for the welcoming and showing round of visitors on the first two Saturdays of each month (10:30-12:30) from April to October, and all day (10:00-18:00) on the second Saturday in September. Refreshments are available.
Other times and party visits (for example, school groups) by arrangement. Apply to Gerald Drewett on 01992 416442 or Neil Atkins on 01992 586731 for details.
Lettings
Both the Quaker Room and the Meeting Room are available for hire. Please contact Gerald Drewett on 01992 416442 for details or read more information here.
Forthcoming Events
Please visit our Updates page for a list of forthcoming events at Hertford Quaker Meeting.
Library
Hertford Meeting holds an extensive library of Quaker-orientated books, both historical and contemporary, which are available for research, for general interest – and for borrowing by those associated with Hertford Meeting.
Newsletter
Hertford Meeting produces a regular free newsletter for members and attenders, which can also be made available to anyone else interested.
Publications
Hertford Meeting has a number of publications for sale (all items available from Hertford Meeting; post-free in U.K., overseas postage charged):
Violet Rowe, The First Hertford Quakers (1970; decorated stiff card cover, 83 pp, £4)
Ann Taylor, A Nineteenth-Century Quaker Childhood and Other Memories (1985; pamphlet, paper cover, i+22 pp, £2. An orphaned family in Merthyr Tydfil in the 1890s, with “Quaker Meetings in Grandma's kitchen.... ...We were never allowed to say we were poor”)
Derek Forbes, Fifty Years of Minutes: Hertford Friends' Meeting, 1951-2000, based on the Preparative Meeting Record (2000; pamphlet, paper cover, vi+71 pp, £3)
Adrienne and Derek Forbes, Punchinello As A Quaker (2001; pamphlet, paper cover, vi+14 pp, £2. A Neapolitan Commedia dell' Arte pastiche from the Italian of Jerocades, 1770)
Book Repairs: A member is prepared to repair books free of charge, though a modest donation to the Meeting's funds can be accepted if desired. Write for details to “Book Repairs” at Hertford Meeting.
Related Websites
Hertford Quaker Meeting Forum
An online forum where Hertford Meeting friends and attenders can exchange information and ideas. Contact Katey Earle for instructions on how to register. kateyearle@ntlworld.com
Quakers in Britain
Information and resources.
Hertford and District Churches Together
Promotes Christian unity in the Hertford area. Includes listing of Hertford's churches.
Transition Hertford
A community-led response to the pressures of climate change, fossil fuel depletion and economic contraction.
Hertford Fairtrade
Information about Fairtrade events, activities and products in Hertford.
Woodbrooke
Quaker Study Centre, offering adult education.
Green Energy
Green Energy provide the Meeting House’s 100% renewable electricity and Friends who want to do the same can go to the Partners’ Page and gain a favourable introductory tariff.