The Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin
Wakefield
Services and Events held in the Chantry Chapel
The chapel was originally in the ecclesiastical
district of St Mary, congregation mainly came from the Primrose Hill and Lower
Kirkgate areas of Wakefield which
were mainly
working class. In the 1960's the
chantry came under the district of St Andrew's when St Mary's church was demolished
in that decade.
The chantry is now in the care of the Dean and Chapter of Wakefield Cathedral
Regular services are held in the Chantry Chapel on Wakefield Bridge on the first Sunday of each month at 4.30pm.
Other services can be arranged by contacting Wakefield Cathedral.
Services are not the only thing to
take place in the building since the Friends of the Chantry Chapel was established.
Open Days are always a popular event
- opening the doors to those who use the 'new' bridge and never stop to walk
on the original crossing of the Calder.
2006, was a very special year for 'our little treasure' as it saw the 650th Anniversary of the Chapels founding
and the Friends marked the occasion in style, as befits one of Wakefield's best loved landmarks.
Services are held in the Chapel on the first and third Sundays of each month at 4:30pm
Events 2013
Open Days / Exhibitions |
Talks / Entertainment |
The first walk of 2013 takes place on 30th January with an exhibition of photographs and paintings by Brian Holding. |
Saturday 2 February 7pm Survivor Survivor, features and interview between a young journalist and a woman who experienced the Nazi death camps. Entranced £3 payable on the door. |
The Friends of the Chantry Chapel look forward to welcoming you into one of Wakefield's 'little treasures'.
Past events at the Chantry have included :-
In 1999 Wakefield Flower Club provided
a flower festival for the Chapel. Theatrical events, for example, "This
son of York" reflecting on the life of
Richard II ; "Uneasy lied the
head" based on the life of Charles I, have also taken place in the Chantry,
bridge for the bridge at Nostell Priory, together
with a programme of music and reading at Christmas.
page last updated Nov 2012
Further reading :
The Pious Undertaking by Kate Taylor ISBN 09018694572003
Walkers History of Wakefield - now out of print
Wakefield in Old Picture Postcards by John Goodchild ISBN 9028848231 1990
The Chapel on the Bridge - a short history of Rotherham Bridge and the Chapel of Our Lady by Martin Gleaden (www.fitzmartyn.co.uk)
St Mary's Chapel on the Bridge baptisms 1855-1870 by Wakefield & District Family History Group ISBN 1902022882
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