Old Cumbria Gazetteer - St Andrew, Borrowdale

St Andrew, Borrowdale

St Andrew's Church

Borrowdale Church

locality:-

Stonethwaite

locality:-

Borrowdale

civil parish:-

Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

church

coordinates:-

NY25791399

1Km square:-

NY2513

10Km square:-

NY21

BLT93.jpg (taken 3.4.2006)
photograph

BLT94.jpg (taken 3.4.2006)

evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Borodale Chapel

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.

MER8CumF.jpg
"Borodale chap."
circle
item:- JandMN : 169
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evidence:-

old map:- Gents Mag 1751
placename:- Borrodale Chapel

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.

GM1309.jpg
"Borrodale Chap"
church
item:- JandMN : 114
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evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.

D4NY21SE.jpg
"Chapel"
church
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag

source data:-

Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1795 p.52-53
p.52 "... Before we came to Barrowdale chapel, which is situated on the left, the valley expands, and the two streams divide, which form the Darwent by their union. The area of Barrowdale chapel"
p.53 "is scarce equal to that of a pigeon cote, and its height much less. ..."

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.

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Page 68:- "..."
"Leaving Rosthwaite to proceed onwards to Wast Water, whither we shall pursue our journey, on the left is the neat small chapel belonging to this dale."

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Page 69:- "It is situated at the foot of steep mountains, and was rebuilt in 1706, Joseph Harris being chapel-warden, as an inscription declares. ..."

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Page 168:- "Rossthwaite.- Near this village is the Chapel of Ease, standing at the point whence the three vales or grains of this extensive valley diverge."

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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"GRANGE-IN-BORROWDALE WITH BORROWDALE"
item:- JandMN : 27
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BRM13.jpg (taken 20.9.2009)

stained glass

evidence:-

old print:- Sylvan 1847
placename:- Rosthwaite Chapel

source data:-

Print, engraving, Rosthwaite Chapel, presumably St Andrew's Church, Stonethwaite, Borrowdale, Cumberland, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.

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On p.202 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes.
printed at bottom:- "ROSTHWAITE CHAPEL."
item:- Armitt Library : A1201.51
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incumbents:-

Harrison, John	1750 - 1806
Parsable, William	1806 - 1839
Newby, George	1839 - 1873
West, George	1873 - 1875
Ward, John	1875 - 1876
Walker, Percy Cooper	1876 - 1879
Walker, Herbert Stratton	1879 - 1884
Taylor, John	1884 - 1892
Heels, Arthur John	1892 - 1901
Penson, Edward Allan	1901 - 1907
Bowker, Charles Arthur C	1907 - 1910
Ashworth, John	1910 - 1931

Rushbearing 1760s

BVJ66.jpg Organ, by Wilkinson, Kendal.
(taken 18.9.2011)
photograph

CCZ77.jpg Organ.
(taken 13.5.2015)
photograph

CCZ78.jpg Organ.
(taken 13.5.2015)
photograph

BVJ67.jpg Mothers Union banner.
(taken 18.9.2011)
photograph

BVJ65.jpg (taken 18.9.2011)
photograph

CCZ71.jpg Gate.
(taken 13.5.2015)

BVJ68.jpg War memorial, World War I.
(taken 18.9.2011)

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BTO99.jpg (taken 22.9.2010)

The Borrowdale Batik

Made by children at Borrowdale CE Primary School, under the guidance of Diane Cannon, a local artist, for the Borrowdale Story Project, 2009. They drew places they liked to explore, Johny's Wood, Fairy Glen, landmarks, Bowderstone, Stockley Bridge, Ashness Bridge, and buildings, Moot Hall, High Lodore Farm, the church and school.

Indonesian wax resist technique was used to build layers of colour for the sky, mountains, woods and fields. Sequins highlight the water. Applique pictures finish the scene.

notes:-

The earliest known christian settlements here date from about 1200, but the first indication of a church is a reference to Chapel Farm in 1615. Records say that Borrowdale Chapel was consecrated in 1687. It was a chapel to Crosthwaite, but was granted a churchyard for burials in 1765. There were major repairs about 1981.

: 1981 (2nd end): Parish of Borrowdale with Grange, The

dedication

person:-

: St Andrew

place:-

Borrowdale with Grange / Carlisle Diocese

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