Briggflatts Meeting House

Briggflatts Meeting House

Briggflatts Meeting House is a Quaker meeting house near Sedbergh in Northwest England, built in 1675cite web
first = Julian
last = Thurgood
date = 2005-12-12
url = http://www.visitcumbria.com/sl/brigmh.htm
title = Brigflatts Meeting House
work = VisitCumbria.com
publisher = Julian Thurgood
accessdate = 2006-05-07 "'WWW.VISITCUMBRIA.COM' in an independent personal guide to Cumbria and the English Lake District by Julian Thurgood, and is not sponsored or endorsed in any way by the Cumbria Tourist Board, whose official site is at [http://www.golakes.co.uk www.golakes.co.uk] ."] . It is the subject of Basil Bunting's poem “At Briggflatts meetinghouse” (1975)cite web
author = Jacket Magazine
year = 1999 | month = October
url = http://jacketmagazine.com/10/bunt-brig.html
title = Basil Bunting - poem - At Briggflatts meetinghouse (1975)
work = Jacket Magazine
accessdate = 2006-12-01] cite web
author = Basil Bunting Poetry Centre
date = 2004-02-25
url = http://www.dur.ac.uk/basil_bunting_poetry.centre/bnquot.html#3
title = Bunting texts
accessdate = 2006-12-01 Cites the poem as "Odes II:11, 1975".] .

Most references use the spelling "Briggflatts", with two 'g's and two 't's. This is the spelling Bunting used for his poem. However, some sources give the spelling of the meeting house with a single 'g': "Brigflatts" or with a single 't': "Briggflats"cite web
last = Grant
first = Simon
coauthors = John Arnison (photographer)
date = 2002-04-06
url = http://www.north-west-quakers.org.uk/1652/briggflatts.html
title = Briggflats Meeting House
work = North-West Quakers web site > 1652 country
publisher = Simon Grant
accessdate = 2006-05-07] . A single source is not always consistent with spelling of this name. It is not clear which spelling(s) are correct.

External links

* [http://www.visitcumbria.com/sl/brigmh.htm VisitCumbria.com "Brigflatts Meeting House" page] with several good photos.
* [http://www.north-west-quakers.org.uk/1652/briggflatts.html north-west-quakers.org.uk photo of Briggflats] , external view, black and white
* [http://www.north-west-quakers.org.uk/1652/tobriggflatts.html north-west-quakers.org.uk photo of road to Briggflats] , black and whitecite web
last = Grant
first = Simon
coauthors = John Arnison (photographer)
date = 2002-04-06
url = http://www.north-west-quakers.org.uk/1652/briggflatts.html
title = Close to Briggflats
work = North-West Quakers web site > 1652 country
publisher = Simon Grant
accessdate = 2006-05-07]
* Photos of Quaker meeting houses in Britain [http://www.flickr.com/photos/qmh]

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