Kendal Parish Church

Coordinates: 54°19′34″N 2°44′42″W / 54.326069°N 2.745048°W / 54.326069; -2.745048
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
For the church with a similar dedication in Kendal, see Church of Holy Trinity and St George, Kendal.

Kendal Parish Church
Holy Trinity Church, Kendal
Grade I listed
Designated24 April 1951
Completed1201
Specifications
Capacity1100
Administration
ProvinceProvince of York
Clergy
Vicar(s)Revd Canon Shanthi Thompson
Assistant priest(s)Revd Ashley Henderson
Asst Curate(s)Revd Rob McLellan

Kendal Parish Church, also known as the Holy Trinity Church due to its dedication to the

Anglican parish church of Kendal, Cumbria, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1]

Visitors to the church are struck by its size and the lightness of the interior. This lightness is due to the unusual construction of five aisles, separated by columns and allowing generous window area.[2]

The nave is 800 years old and the other aisles have been added over the centuries so that, in its heyday, a congregation of 1100 was regularly accommodated.

History

Anglo-Saxon church

A church was built on the site during the Anglo-Saxon period using material "robbed out" from the ruined

Roman fort at Watercrook to the south of the town.[3] A record in the Domesday Book, and the shaft of an Anglian cross, housed in the Parr Chapel, are dated at approximately AD 850.[3]

Norman church onwards

Westmorland was only subdued by the Normans in 1092 and Ivo Taillebois (Anglicized, the name is translated to John Talbot) became the first Norman Baron of Kentdale,[4] he gave the church and its lands to St Mary's Abbey in York.[3] In 1189, the inhabitants of Kendal were massacred in church by Duncan, Earl of Fife.

The arch over the piscina was found carved with the date 1201 during Victorian restoration (1829). The building dates from at least 1232 according to written sources, with a record from this year referencing an indulgence issued for fabric repairs.[1]

The Parr Chapel was built by the Parr family in the fourteenth century, and the family

Henry VIII.[3]

Organs

The church contains two organs:

  • at the West end, the main organ by J.W. Walker 1969 (45/3M+P) incorporating an earlier instrument by Willis[5]
  • at the East end, the choir organ by Bevington c.1885 (11/2M+P) was bought in 2002

Gallery

  • West end through the church gates
    West end through the church gates
  • View of the east end of the church
    View of the east end of the church
  • View of the south side of the church
    View of the south side of the church
  • Chancel of the church
    Chancel of the church
  • Nave of the church
    Nave of the church
  • Plaque with short history
    Plaque with short history

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Historic England, "Church of the Holy Trinity, Kendal (1319009)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 March 2015
  2. ^ Kendal Parish Church website
  3. ^ a b c d e History Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, Kendal Parish church site
  4. ^ "Hissem_de Lancaster Family". Archived from the original on 3 October 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  5. National Pipe Organ Register
    .

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kendal_Parish_Church&oldid=1190442747"