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Posted 15 hours 36 min ago
The handsome, and well-proportioned Congregational Chapel at Kelvedon in Essex was built in 1853 as the datestone proudly shares. In typical Congregational fashion, this chapel came several years after the founding of the actual church, the gathering of believers. The first members banded together in 1812 and this was their solemn and heart-warming declaration:
Posted 1 day 15 hours ago
In memory of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, who was called home to be with King Jesus, this third day of September, 1658.
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: but the revenues of the wicked to sin. -Proverbs 10:16;
Posted 3 days 15 hours ago
The great staircase at Penryhn Castle is of a suitable bulk and sufficient ornamentation for that overwhelming Welsh pile. One wonders, however, if the destination can match the grandeur of the ascent? It can indeed; the decorated and sculpted ceiling is well worthy of the climb.
Posted 4 days 15 hours ago
The Methodist Church at Kirkby Lonsdale meet in a simple nonconformist chapel constructed in an Early English style with its thin lancet windows. A datestone, describing it as Wesleyan, helpfully offers the year 1834. The Wesleyan branch of Methodism merged with the Primitives and Uniteds in 1932, so these older names survive in records and architecture only.
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