Preston Patrick
| Preston Patrick | |
| Westmorland | |
|---|---|
 St Patrick's Church, Preston Patrick | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD544837 |
| Location: | 54°14’50"N, 2°41’59"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
Preston Patrick is a village in the very south of Westmorland, tucked in uncomfortably close to the M6 motorway.
The 2011 census recorded a parish population of 426.
Parish church
St Patrick's Church stands alone in an enclosed garth close to Crooklands (SD537835). It was built in 1852, replacing an earlier chapel, and today it a grade II listed building.[1]
In 1850, Edmund Sharpe and E. G. Paley of Lancaster were brought in as architects to build the new church. They reported that the chapel on the site appeared, from its architectural design, to have been built during the reign of Henry VII (1457–1509). The new church was all of their own, built in 1852 and opened on 28 November of that year, as the Church of St Gregory. The dedication was changed later.
The village was long within the wider ecclesiastical parish of St Thomas, Crosscrake, but now forms part of he Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale now known as "Rainbow Parish", in the Diocese of Carlisle.[2]
About the village
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Preston Patrick Hall, a private house, is Grade II* listed and "probably late 14th century".[3]
In all, there are 27 listed buildings or structures in the parish, including several milestones on the A65.
The former primary school, built in 1775, closed in 1949 and is now an art gallery.[4] The Friends Meeting House was built in 1869 on the site of a previous meeting house built in 1691 which had fallen into disrepair after 1833.[5]
Preston Patrick Memorial Hall, built in the 1920s, is a community hall used for a range of events including meetings of the local Women's Institute.[6][7]
Outside links
- Preston Patrick through time - Vision of Britain
- Information on Preston Patrick from GENUKI
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1312122: Church of St Patrick, Preston Patrick
- ↑ St Patrick, Preston Patrick – A Church Near You
- ↑ National Heritage List 1312117: Preston Patrick Hall
- ↑ "About: Past to present". Old School Art Gallery. http://www.oldschoolgallery.co.uk/about.html. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Preston Patrick Local Quaker Meeting". Kendal and Sedbergh Quakers. http://www.kendal-and-sedbergh-quakers.org.uk/page16.html. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Preston Patrick & Preston Richard". National Federation of Women's Institutes. https://www.thewi.org.uk/become-a-member/structure-of-the-wi/england/cumbria-westmorland/find-a-wi/preston-patrick-and-preston-richard. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Preston Patrick memorial hall draws on Banks Group to fund new curtains". Banks Group. 11 March 2014. http://www.banksgroup.co.uk/preston-patrick-memorial-hall-draws-on-banks-group-to-fund-new-curtains/. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- A History of the County of Westmorland - Volume 2 : Preston Patrick (Victoria County History) ('Records Relating To the Barony of Kendale'): British History Online
