Building record MDR11927 - Friends' Meeting House and burial ground, Chapel Lane, Bakewell

The 1st ed. 25" OS map c. 1880 shows a Friends' Meeting House and burial ground on Chapel Lane, Bakewell. (1) The chapel was still in use at the beginning of the 20th century. (2, 3) Examination of modern maps indicate that the building is still in use as a place of worship for Quakers. (4) The Society of Friends erected a meeting house, with burial ground attached, in 1853, but no meetings are now held [1895]. (5) Before the Bakewell Meeting House was built Friends attended the old Monyash meeting place, still standing, though no meeting is held there. For a time the Bakewell Meeting House was closed, then re-opened. (6) The Friends' Meeting House, Chapel Lane is constructed from squared stone walls and hipped slate roof. It has a wide east front with datestone of 1852 on the lintel of the middle window; the porch is later. The interior is divided by renewed shutters, it has a larger room to the south, with a stand at the south end, with a smaller room to the north formerly with a gallery over. (7)