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Stricklandgate Methodist Church, Kendal
Stricklandgate Methodist Church
Street:-   Stricklandgate
locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   methodist chapel
locality type:-   chapel
coordinates:-   SD51359322
1Km square:-   SD5193
10Km square:-   SD59


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CAE33.jpg (taken 30.3.20145)  
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CAE34.jpg "WESLEYAN CHAPEL / A.D 1882." (taken 30.3.20145)  


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BPM85.jpg (taken 24.7.2008)  

hearsay:-  
John Wesley first preached in Kendal in a 'convenient room', 9 April 1753. A methodist society was formed a little later, and met in the Old Play House, Market Place. They then used The Fold, Stricklandgate, and moved to this site 1808. The prsent building was opened 29 March 1883.

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