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Christ Church, Penrith
Christ Church
Penrith Church
Street:-   Stricklandgate
locality:-   Penrith
civil parish:-   Penrith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY51383054
1Km square:-   NY5130
10Km square:-   NY53
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


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BPU41.jpg (taken 7.11.2008)  
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CEQ64.jpg (taken 4.3.2016)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 4) 
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) / Grave Yard"

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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NUR1NY53.jpg
"P. CHRIST CHURCH"
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

 gargoyles.

 stained glass

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Christchurch
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHRISTCHURCH / / STRICKLANDGATE / PENRITH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 72949 / NY5138130543"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"1850. By Travis and Magnell. Coursed red sandstone rubble and slate roofs. Nave, chancel, north and south aisles, south porch, spirelet belfry on west end. Early perpendicular style with big east window. Four bay nave with octagonal arcade piers. Braced collar roof with alternate pairs of hammerbeams. Gothic fittings to match."


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CEQ65.jpg  Organ.
(taken 4.3.2016)  
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CEQ67.jpg  Mothers Union banner.
(taken 4.3.2016)  
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CEQ66.jpg  War memorial, World War I.
(taken 4.3.2016)  
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BPU42.jpg (taken 7.11.2008)  
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CCF92.jpg (taken 14.1.2015)  
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CCF93.jpg  Gravestones.
(taken 14.1.2015)  

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

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