Dendron Church in distance

Dendron Chapel of St Matthew was relatively new in 1652, having been built in 1642 ‘by Mr Dicconson, Citizen of London, dec^d, borne within a mile of ye place where ye Chappell is erected, builded, and ffinished’. In 1650 the inhabitants wished it to be converted into a parish church with a full-time minister, as the benefaction would have covered the stipend, but this did not happen until 1671. Fox refers to it as ‘a Chapell beyonde Gleeston: w.ch was built but neuer preist had preacht in it’. Dickinson also provided for a school.

Image © Meg Twycross 9 August 2009

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