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THE PARISH CHURCH OF SAINT PAUL, LINDALE

Though no records exist from the this time it seems likely that a simple chapel was built during the Tudor period.
One of the earliest accurate maps of Lancashire by surveyor Christopher Saxton in 1577 shows what is presumably the chapel of Lindale. The earliest written reference, however, to Lindale Chapel appears to be in the baptismal register of Cartmel Priory, for the 15th. August 1627 showing the baptism of Mary, Daughter of Lawrence Newton, who is described as a Reader at ‘Lindell Chappell’. He is thus the first recorded incumbent (paid church official). In 1640 it was recorded that the chapel had no Minister, though one was demanded, presumably by the parishioners. The English Civil War seems to have left little mark on Lindale but by the time of Oliver Cromwell the Commonwealth Survey of local churches recorded that there were 120 families in Lindale and that the chapel ‘hath neither Minister not maintenance though ye same bee a place of great necessity for both’ Despite its difficulties the chapel remained an important part of the village.

Information taken from “The Story of Lindale Church” by Stanley Raymond

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