Chantry Chapel
4 days of SYNTHESIS 2012
by Wakefield Camera Club
An exhibition of eclectic prints chosen by members of Wakefield Camera Club to demonstrate each individual’s personal view of the synthesis of art and technical skill that is at the heart of modern digital photography.
That means it’s “Great Stuff!!”
Items will be available for sale.
For more info contact Malcolm Dobson on 0779 4262 071.
Exhibition Dates
- Exhibition continues from 31 May – 2 June,
11am to 4pm
Address
Wakefield Bridge
Calder Vale Road
Wakefield
WF1 5PL
Contact Name
Brian Holding and Kate Taylor
Telephone
Kate Taylor – 01924 372748
Brian Holding – 01924 376282
Email
kate@airtime.co.uk · Brian@bholding.f9.co.uk
Website
http://www.chantrychapelwakefield.org
About Us
The Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin was built by the townspeople of Wakefield in the mid 14 century as an integral part of Wakefield’s new stone bridge (which replaced earlier wooden bridges) across the River Calder. Its purpose was to provide for a priest to say mass for the souls of the dead to reduce their time in purgatory.
The Chantry Chapel is one of only three surviving bridge chantries in the country. The others are at Rotherham and St Ives (near Cambridge).
Throughout its lifetime it has been used for many secular purposes – including a cheese-cake shop, a corn merchant’s office, a newsroom and as premises for a tailor.
The Friends of the Chantry Chapel were formed in 1990 to raise funds for the repair and maintenance of the building. In the 1990s the Friends raised and spent some £100,000. This paid for full repairs or replacement of the stonework, a new lead covering for the roof, new lighting and a good heating installation.
