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History of The Religious Society of Friends in Lurgan

CONTENTS

FOREWARD & PREFACE
 
CHAPTER ONE
  BEGINNINGS
  WILLIAM EDMONDSON
  LURGAN MEETING
  MEETING WITH GEORGE FOX
  OPPOSITION
  ORIGINAL MEMBERS
  DEPARTURE OF THE EDMONDSONS
   
CHAPTER TWO
  NEW SETTLERS
  RESTORATION OF CHARLES II
  PERSECUTION
  LYNASTOWN BURIAL GROUND
  FUNERALS AND WEDDINGS
  TRAVELLING FRIENDS
  JOHN BURNYEAT
  GEORGE FOX
  BENJAMIN BANGS
  KATHERINE NORTON
   
CHAPTER THREE
  EMIGRATION
  VALENTINE HOLLINGSWORTH
  HENRY HOLLINGSWORTH
  GEORGE AND MICHAEL HARLAND
  ALPHONSUS KIRK
  MENALLEN TOWNSHIP
  WILLIAM PENN IN LURGAN
  JAMES LOGAN
  GEORGE HODGSON
  THOMAS CHILD
   
CHAPTER FOUR
  BUILDING OF LURGAN MEETING HOUSE
  ORIGINAL MEETING PLACES IN THE LURGAN AREA
  MOYALLON MEETING
  THE BUILDING OF LURGAN MEETING HOUSE
  SUBSCRIBERS To LURGAN MEETING HOUSE
  ARCHITECTURE OF THE MEETING HOUSE
  PROVINCE MEETINGS
  TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY
   
CHAPTER FIVE
  RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL AND COMMERCIAL LIFE IN THE LATE 17TH CENTURY
  MEETINGS FOR WORSHIP
  MEETINGS FOR BUSINESS
  THE WILLIAMITE WARS
  EDUCATION
  APPRENTICESHIPS
TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS
   
CHAPTER SIX
  THE LINEN INDUSTRY
  PIONEERS OF THE LINEN TRADE
  SPINNING AND WEAVING
  MARKETING
  INDUSTRIALISATION
   
CHAPTER SEVEN
  THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
  DISCIPLINE
  CHARITY
  LURGAN MONTHLY MEETING
  SIMPLICITY OF LIFE
  VISITING MINISTERS
  POLITICAL UNREST
   
CHAPTER EIGHT
  DECLINE AND REVIVAL
  SOCIAL PRESSURES
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
  IRREGULAR MARRIAGE CEREMONY
  LURGAN DISOWNMENTS
  THE SEPARATION
  TRAVELLING MINISTERS
  FAMINE YEARS
  1859 REVIVAL
   
CHAPTER NINE
  REBUILDING THE STRUCTURES
  JAMES GREEN
  STANLEY PUMPHREY
SOCIAL CHANGES
  ANCIENT AND MODERN WAYS
  THE NEW MEETING HOUSE
  HOME MISSION OUTREACH
  DRUMGASK
  LOUGH NEAGH TRAGEDY
  EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY
  POSTSCRIPT
  POST-WAR CHANGES
  THE NEW CITY OF CRAIGAVON
LURGAN FRIENDS AT THE END OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
  1996 MEETING HOUSE
   
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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