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Christ Church, Waverton
Christ Church
Waverton Church
locality:-   Waverton
civil parish:-   Waverton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY22694763
1Km square:-   NY2247
10Km square:-   NY24
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


photograph
BNO22.jpg (taken 11.4.2007)  
photograph
CGX97.jpg  Preparing for Christmas.
(taken 15.12.2017)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 28 12) 
placename:-  Christ Church
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"Christ Church (Chapel of Ease)"

evidence:-   old map:- Nurse 1918
source data:-   Map, The Diocese of Carlisle, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Rev Euston J Nurse, published by Charles Thurnam and Sons, 11 English Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, 2nd edn 1939.
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NUR1NY24.jpg
"WAVERTON-CUM-DUNDRAW"
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

 notes about bells

 stained glass


photograph
CGY02.jpg  Organ.
(taken 15.12.2017)  
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CGY03.jpg  Organ, keyboard.
(taken 15.12.2017)  


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CGY04.jpg  Old photograph.
(taken 15.12.2017)  

hearsay:-  
The church was built as a chapel to St Mary's Church, Wigton, designed by Charles Eaglesfield, Maryport, and dedicated in 1865. The design is the then fashioable Vicorian Early English style. The parish of Waverton-cum-Dundraw was established in 1902, and this became the parish church.

:: church leaflet

dedication
person:-    : Christ
place:-   Waverton / Carlisle Diocese

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