Kendal’s Quaker stories captured for posterity
A new booklet sheds light on the towns Quaker history
A new booklet from the Quaker Tapestry Museum in Kendal takes readers on a walk through the town’s Quaker history.
Patricia Hovey of the Kendal Civic Society wrote Kendal and the Quakers – A discovery walk to bring to life some of the contributions Friends have made to the Cumbrian town in the last 350 years.
She said: ‘George Fox came to Kendal in 1652 and the flame he lit blazed into life so that few towns can rival Kendal’s reminders of a Quaker past. The route provides a fascinating glimpse into Kendal’s Quaker heritage and reveals the stories behind remnants of buildings and parts of the town. It’s also a great way for visitors and locals to get a sense of the town today.’
The walk starts at the Meeting house and among the sights it will take in are two Quaker schools and Kirkland, a part of which was home to many Friends between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries.
