Firbank Fell is a hill in Cumbria between the towns of Kendal and Sedbergh that is renowned as a place where George Fox, the founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), preached.
| Firbank Fell | |
|---|---|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
| Coordinates | 54°20′21″N 2°36′16″W / 54.33914°N 2.60442°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Cumbria, England |
| OS grid | SD608939 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 97 |
Fox described what happened there on 13 June 1652 in this way:
While others were gone to dinner, I went to a brook, got a little water, and then came and sat down on the top of a rock hard by the chapel. In the afternoon the people gathered about me, with several of their preachers. It was judged there were above a thousand people; to whom I declared God's everlasting truth and Word of life freely and largely for about the space of three hours.
Because of Fox's preaching there, the site is sometimes called "Fox's Pulpit." A plaque on the rock there commemorates the event, which is sometimes considered the beginning of the Friends movement.
Firbank Fell is now immortalised as a place of Quaker history in one of the four houses at the Quaker school Bootham School.