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.Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- 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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kendal Library is situated 1,000 feet west of Friends Meeting House.
St George’s Church, Kendal
Church
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Ryan Postlethwaite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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″ northLongitude
-2.74306° or 2° 44′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C6V87H4+9QOpenStreetMap ID
way 156268092OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=quakerWikidata ID
Q17543874
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