[5] Cousins, Henry George and his brother James Dennis Hird (later first Principal of Ruskin College) were ordained in the Church of England.

Kendall served in the following Circuits[1] - 1864 – Newcastle 1867 – North Shields 1871 – Sunderland 1874 – Durham 1877 – Spennymoor 1879 – Middlesbrough 1884 – Harrogate 1892 – Editor (Primitive Methodist publishing), 1901 – Folkestone, and President of the Conference 1902 – Bournemouth (Retired) [6] Kendall's own work [7] describes the Primitive Methodist Bookroom in some detail.

The minimal reference in Leary, "Editor", covers a decade of work which made Kendall one of the most influential persons of his time in Primitive Methodism.

This shows a combination of literary style and scholarship which made Kendall a candidate for writing the most substantial of all the histories for the Camp Meeting Centenary.

This the shortest work (120 pages of text, equivalent to A5 size) [2] H B Kendall was honoured with being asked to write the major publication celebrating the Camp Meeting Centenary.

For example, the sub-headings in chapters II and III allow the reader easily to date the key events leading up to the adoption of the name Primitive Methodist on 13 February 1812.

This is the text of the fifth Hartley Lecture for June 1901, the start of H. B. Kendall's year as President of the Primitive Methodist Conference.

(Hartley was famous for making jam and related products, and he was an important benefactor of the Primitive Methodist ministerial training college in Manchester.