St George's Parish Church Kendal Cumbria UK
N 54° 19.801 W 002° 44.481
30U E 516819 N 6020271
Kendal has many churches, St George's Parish Church, St Thomas' RC, Holy Trinity and others. The abundance of holy houses is matched by the equal abundance of pubs.
Waymark Code: WMH6B
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/12/2006
Views: 100
Originally a chapel-at-ease of the Kendal Parish Church of Holy Trinity situated in Kirkland, the first St George's Chapel of 1754 was not unlike the Victorian idea of heaven, earth and hell. It occupied the upper part of a building which used to be in the Market Place, close to the present war memorial.
The upper storey was the chapel; the ground floor was used as the butter market, whilst below this was the notorious dungeon of the town jail.
The position of the original St George's Chapel accounts for the rather odd shape of the parish which, apart from a large area on the east of the River Kent from Sedbergh Road northwards, forms, on the west side of the river, a wedge shape which seems to divide the Parish of Holy Trinity to the south from the Parish of St Thomas to the north.
When the new church of St George was built on the present site in 1841, to cope with the expansion of the town on the east bank of the river, it still retained its old parish area including the Market Place and Finkle Street; and does to this day.
However, modern preferences of worship mean that Anglican worshippers from all over Kendal choose whichever of the three parish churches offers the style of worship they like the best.
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Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1841
Age of Church building determined by?: Church website
If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Anglican
If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Sunday
Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 10:00 AM
Street address of Church:
Castle Street
Kendal, Cumbria UK
LA9 7AS
Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]
Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]
If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed
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