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| St George, Kendal | |||||||||||||
| St George's Church | |||||||||||||
| Kendal Church | |||||||||||||
| Street:- | St George's Walk | ||||||||||||
| locality:- | Kendal | ||||||||||||
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | ||||||||||||
| county:- | Cumbria | ||||||||||||
| locality type:- | church | ||||||||||||
| coordinates:- | SD51969295 | ||||||||||||
| 1Km square:- | SD5192 | ||||||||||||
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | ||||||||||||
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) placename:- St George's Church |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "St George's Church (Per Curacy)" |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Saint George's Chapel |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto sourcePage 21:- "... [Kendal]" "... Saint George's chapel fronts the Market-place and Strickland-gate. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Nurse 1918 |
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| source data:- | Map, The Diocese of Carlisle, Cumberland, Westmorland, and
Lancashire North of the Sands, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by
Rev Euston J Nurse, published by Charles Thurnam and Sons, 11
English Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, 2nd edn 1939. NUR1SD59.jpg "K. ST. GEORGE'S" item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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 BYC45.jpg Coat of arms. (taken 11.4.2013)  BYC48.jpg Organ, by Wilkinson and Sons, 1883. (taken 11.4.2013)  BYC49.jpg Organ, maker:- "Wilkinson &Sons, / 18 KENDAL 83." (taken 11.4.2013)  BYC50.jpg Organ, by Wilkinson and Sons, 1883. (taken 11.4.2013)  BYC51.jpg Organ, by Wilkinson and Sons, 1883. (taken 11.4.2013)  BYC46.jpg Mother Union banner. (taken 11.4.2013)  BYC47.jpg Mother Union banner. (taken 11.4.2013)  BYC44.jpg War memorial. (taken 11.4.2013)  BLU67.jpg (taken 9.4.2006) |
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| notes:- |
This was first built as a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity, Kendal, in 1754, in a building
in Market Place. The ground floor was the town gaol. The present building, architect
George Webster, Kendal, was built 1841. There were twin octagonal towers which were
removed in 1978. |
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| : : church leaflet |
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| Paley and Austin series | |||||||||||||
| person:- | architect : Austin, Hubert J |
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| person:- | architect : Paley, Henry A |
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| date:- | 1907 to 1911 |
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| dedication | |||||||||||||
| person:- | : St George |
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| place:- | Kendal / Carlisle Diocese | ||||||||||||
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