Anglo-Saxon church The
Domesday Book refers to a church built on the site during the
Anglo-Saxon period. It has been suggested that the Anglo-Saxons used material "robbed out" from the ruined
Roman fort at Watercrook to the south of the town. The shaft of an
Anglian cross, housed in the Parr Chapel, is dated at approximately AD 850. he gave the church and its lands to
St. Mary's Abbey in York. In 1189, the inhabitants of Kendal were massacred in church by
Duncan, Earl of Fife. The arch over the
piscina was found carved with the date 1201 during
Victorian restoration (1829). The building dates from at least 1232 according to written sources, with a record from this year referencing an
indulgence issued for fabric repairs. The Parr Chapel was built by the Parr family in the fourteenth century, and the family
coats of arms are to be seen on the ceiling. The maidenheads also featured on the walls had long been associated with the Parr family badge/arms. The device of a maidens head couped below the breast vested in ermine and gold; her hair of the last, or; and her head encircled with a wreath of red and white roses was taken from the Ros of Kendal family (ancestors of the Parrs). The same motif can be found in the Royal badge created by
Queen Katherine after she became Queen. The large tomb in this chapel is that of
William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal, grandfather of
Katherine Parr, the last Queen Consort of King
Henry VIII. ==Organs==