ST GEORGES CHAPEL
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST`
KIDDERMINSTER
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THE
FOUNDATIONS WERE BEGUN JULY XIX . AD . MDCCCXXI . THE CORONATION
DAY OF HIS MAJESTY GEORGE IV . THE FIRST STONE WAS LAID THE XXVII
DAY OF AUGUST IN THE SAME YEAR BY THE VENERABLE R F ONSLOW . M.A.
ARCHDEACON OF THE DIOCESE AND VICAR OF KIDDERMINSTER. THE CHAPEL
AND BURIAL GROUND WERE CONSECRETATED THE XIII DAY OF SEPTEMBER AD .
MDCCCXXIV. BY THE RIGHT REVEREND F H W CORNEWALL . DD. LORD BISHOP
OF WORCESTER. THE EXPENSE OF ERECTING THIS CHAPEL WAS DEFRAYED
PART- LY BY A GRANT FROM PARLIAMENT UNDER ACTS PASSED IN THE 58
& 59 YEARS OF GEORGE 3 AND PARTLY BY A VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION
OF 2000L FROM THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD OF
KIDDERMINSTER IT CONTAINS 2000 SITTINGS OF WHICH 1200 ARE
APPROPRIATED TO THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE POOR & IT IS BUILT
UPON A SITE WHICH TOGETHER WITH A SPACIOUS BURIAL GROUND ADJOINING
WAS PROVIDED AT THE EXPENCE OF THE PARISH FRANCIS GOODWIN
ARCHITECT
