Friends Meeting House

Kendal Friends Meeting House is a Friends meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends in Kendal, Cumbria, in north-western England. There have been Quakers in Kendal since the 17th century when the town was visited by George Fox.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Quaker
Description: Quaker meeting house in Kendal, South Lakeland, England, UK
Also known as: “Friends Meeting House, Kendal” and “Kendal Quaker Meeting House”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kendal Museum and Kendal Library.

Kendal Museum

Museum

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Kendal Museum is a local museum in Kendal, Cumbria, on the edge of the Lake District in northwest England. It was founded in 1796 and includes collections of local archaeology, history, and geology, and a natural history collection from around the globe. Kendal Museum is situated 1,100 feet north of Friends Meeting House.

Kendal Library

Library

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Kendal Library is situated 1,000 feet west of Friends Meeting House.

St George’s Church, Kendal

Church

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St George's Church is in Castle Street, Kendal, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. St George’s Church, Kendal is situated 800 feet northeast of Friends Meeting House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kentrigg and Skelsmergh.

Kentrigg

Suburb

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Kentrigg is a northern suburb of Kendal, Cumbria, England. By road, Kentrigg is located 1.2 miles north of the centre of Kendal and 1.4 miles southeast of Burneside.

Skelsmergh

Hamlet

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Skelsmergh is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg, in Westmorland and Furness in rural Cumbria, England, about 4 miles north of Kendal, on the A6 road. Skelsmergh is situated 2 miles northeast of Friends Meeting House.

Burneside

Village

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Burneside is a small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is located to the north of Kendal and to the south east of Staveley, on the River Kent, just upstream from the confluence of the River Sprint. Burneside is situated 2 miles northwest of Friends Meeting House.

Friends Meeting House

Categories: Quaker meeting house, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Kendal, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.32849° or 54° 19′ 43″ north

Longitude

-2.74306° or 2° 44′ 35″ west

Open location code

9C6V87H4+9Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 156268092

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=quaker

Wikidata ID

Q17543874

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