Celebrating 175 years of St Mark’s Cautley with Songs of Praise service

We had a great turnout for our Songs of Praise service celebrating the 175th anniversary of St Mark’s Church on the 24th April 2022, with people travelling from Sedbergh, Dent, Kendal and even Shropshire to attend.

There were hymns, readings and prayers and the singing was fantastic. Barbara Maunder had made a special birthday cake for the church, complete with a winged lion in icing sugar. It was a very happy event.

The Order of Service

• Hymn: All People that on Earth do Dwell

• Opening Prayer

• Hymn: Great is Thy Faithfulness (chosen by Dorothy Pratt)

• Reading: I’m a Little Church by e.e.cummings

• Hymn: One More Step Along the World (chosen by Gina Barney)

• Reading: Psalm 84

• Hymn: Be Thou my Vision (chosen by Barbara Maunder)

• Reading: Sonnet on Psalm 84 by Malcolm Guite

• Hymn : Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (chosen by Pauline Doyle)

• Organ solo by Roger Bush

• Hymn: Fight the Good Fight (chosen by David & Maureen Hinch)

• Reading: Extract from the Westmorland Gazette – 1847

• Hymn: Brother, Sister, Let me Serve You (chosen by Vicky Aspin)

• Prayers

• Hymn: Christ is Made the Sure Foundation (chosen by Canon Alan Fell)

• Blessing

About William Butterfield

The son of a chemist, Butterfield trained as a builder and then studied architecture. In 1842, after he established his own practice, he aligned himself with the Ecclesiological movement. His best-known church is All Saints, Margaret Street, London and he also designed the chapels at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford.

Butterfield figured prominently in the Gothic revival in England, and St Mark’s is a good example of his endeavour to synthesise the gothic style for his own time

St Marks, Cautley was only the second church designed by Butterfield. He started work on the plans in 1845 and the building was finished in 1847. The main building material was Garsdale stone. The vestry was added 1858-60 (to be used as a school).