North London Area Meeting

North London Quakers 

North London Area Quaker Meeting (NLAQM) is comprised of 5 Quaker Meetings, in a north/south line from Central London (Old Street) to the Hertfordshire border (Enfield). 

There is always a blended meeting for worship for all in the Area Meeting every Sunday hosted by a different local meeting in turn, per the above table. 

For details of how to access these meetings, please contact the relevant meeting via their website, linked in the table above. 

The short document at the link below sets out the scope of the NLAQM safeguarding policy and reminds each of us about our responsibility in ensuring that our Meetings are safe places for everyone to attend.

The policy covers children and young people, and adults at risk. 

Please take a few minutes to read through the policy so that you understand the part you play. Should you have any questions, you are welcome to contact one of the individuals with delegated responsibilities for safeguarding, whose contact details are set out at the end of the document. 

To view and download a copy of the safeguarding policy click here.

When is a DBS check is required?

To read NLAQM's guidance on when a DBS check is required please click here.

To contact Safeguarding please click here.

North London Area Quaker Meeting is the current name for the previous Devonshire House & Tottenham Monthly Meeting.

Established in 1667 Devonshire House Monthly Meeting  was a constituent meeting of London and Middlesex Quarterly Meeting. On 1st April 1943 it united with the Tottenham Monthly Meeting, to form Devonshire House and Tottenham Monthly Meeting. The constituent meetings of the Devonshire House Monthly Meeting were: Devonshire House (preparative meeting) 1667-1925, Wheeler Street - 1667-1742, Gracechurch Street 1850-1862 - Peel 1860 -1926 -  Stoke Newington from 1850 -  Bunhill Fields from 1889 -  Hoxton, 1916-1924 -  Barnet Grove from 1924 

Tottenham Meeting has an extensive history section you can see at: https://tottenhamquakers.org.uk/history/. 

Bunhill Fields has a free leaflet giving a walk around the City of London and other historical information at: https://bunhillquakers.org.uk/history/.

Winchmore Hill also has a history of their burial ground at: https://winchmorehillquakers.org.uk/history/.

All genealogical records are stored at the Library in Friends House, NLAQM are not able to help with individual family history searches.

If you have questions regarding meeting room hire, please visit the sites of our meetings.

This includes Tottenham, Winchmore Hill, Bunhill Fields, and New Barnet.