James Kendrick was an English physician and antiquary.

Life

Born in

Warrington Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...

, which then was in

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

, on 7 November 1809, he was the son of the physician

James Kendrick James Kendrick was an English physician and antiquary. Life Born in Warrington, which then was in Lancashire, on 7 November 1809, he was the son of the physician James Kendrick (1771–1847). He graduated M.D. at Edinburgh on 1 August 1833, an ...

(1771–1847). He graduated M.D. at Edinburgh on 1 August 1833, and then built up a large medical practice in Warrington. Kendrick frequently lectured on local topography and history. In 1853 he became a member of the

British Archæological Association The British Archaeological Association (BAA) was founded in 1843 and aims to inspire, support and disseminate high quality research in the fields of Western archaeology, art and architecture, primarily of the mediaeval period, through lectures, con ...

. In 1859 he took charge of the antiquities in the

Warrington Museum Warrington Museum & Art Gallery is on Bold Street in the Cultural Quarter of Warrington in a Grade II Listed building#England and Wales, listed building that it shares with the town's Central Library. The Museum and the Library originally o ...

, and added to the collection. He forwarded the excavations at the Roman station at Wilderspool, near Warrington, which (with Dr. Robson) he thought might be the Condate of Antonine. Kendrick had the idea to provide work and assistance for itinerant labourers by providing stone benches on which they could rest while travelling. Around 30 were installed between Liverpool and Manchester in the 1860s and around 12 still survive. Several now have Grade II listed status. Kendrick died at Warrington 6 April 1882.

Legacy

Kendrick gave the Museum remains discovered at Wilderspool. After his death, his daughter also handed over to the museum his collection of ecclesiastical and medieval seals and his bequest of one hundred volumes. He gave more than three hundred books bearing a Warrington imprint to the public library.

Works

Kendrick wrote the following books: * ''An Account of Excavations made at the Mote Hill, Warrington'', Liverpool, 1853. * , illustrated with silhouette likenesses. * ''Account of the Loyal Warrington Volunteers of 1798'', 1856. * ''Guide Book'' to the Warrington Museum, 1872. Papers by Kendrick appeared in the publications of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Chester Archæological Society, ''The Reliquary'', and ''Warrington Guardian''. A memoir of him in the ''Palatine Note-Book'' (ii. 113–16, 179–80) gives a list of his writings, including contributions to newspapers and antiquarian periodicals.

Family

Kendrick was married three times.

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Kendrick, James 1809 births 1882 deaths 19th-century English medical doctors English antiquarians People from Warrington