Airton Quaker Meeting House

By the time of the English Civil War, the land on which the building stands was owned by John Lambert, a military commander who was sympathetic to the new Quaker movement.

A Quaker community became established in the village, with the first recorded burial in 1663, and regular meetings by the end of the decade.

[1][2] In 1700, William Ellis and his wife Alice bought the building from Lambert for £31, and the door lintel was inscribed with the date to commemorate the transaction.

Regular worship continued until World War II, when two evacuee families were housed in the building.

Local Quakers decided to reinstate regular meetings, and gradually restored the building.