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St Bridget, Moresby
St Bridget's Church
Moresby Church
locality:-   Parton
civil parish:-   Parton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NX98272102
1Km square:-   NX9821
10Km square:-   NX92
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


photograph
BJY07.jpg (taken 14.10.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 10) 
placename:-  St Bridget's 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.
"St. Bridget's Church (Rectory) / Grave Yd. / Arch"

evidence:-   perhaps 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.
image
NUR1NX92.jpg
"MORESBY"
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Church of St Bridget
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST BRIDGET / / / PARTON / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76145 / NX9827321024"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Parish Church, on site of Roman Fort, replaced mid C12 church. Built 1822 by G. Crauford. Chancel added 1885 by J. Bintley (Kendal) in similar style; interior refurbished at same time. Ashlar on moulded plinth with corner pilasters, eaves band, and cornice; sill band to chancel. B1ocking course to graduated slate roofs; stone copings and kneelers. Tower has parapet with obelisk finials to corners. 4-bay nave with integral 3-stage west tower; 2-bay chancel. Symmetrical west front with central plank door and semicircular fanlight on ground floor of tower; vestry to left, baptistry to right. 2 rows of windows to nave, all round-headed. Chancel has 2 tall windows to either side and Venetian window to east end. Dragons to rainwater heads; decorative down-pipes. Interior: Porch with stairs up to 1885 western gallery which is supported on cast-iron columns with Gothic traceried spandrels. Semicircular chancel arch carried on Ionic responds; text board to either side. Late C19/early C20 stained glass to lower windows by Heaton, Butler, & Bayne (London). 1902 panelled reredos. 1885 square wooden pulpit by Simpson &Rich; decoratively carved with painted panels. Late C19 octagonal marble font in baptistry; font from medieval church (stone, with octagonal bowl) outside vestry. Pedimented marble memorial slab in baptistry, 1843 for Mary Ann Steward, shows profile (portrait?)."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Britton's Tomb
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BRITTON'S TOMB TO SOUTH OF ST BRIDGET'S CHANCEL / / / PARTON / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76146 / NX9828421009"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Table tomb. Inscribed and dated in Roman lettering: SEPTEMBER 17 1663 (or 8) for William and Thomas Brittons (father and son) who were lost at sea on the same ship. Sandstone blocks supporting flat top."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHANCEL ARCH TO SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST BRIDGET / / / PARTON / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76147 / NX9827520992"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Chancel arch from medieval church. Probably C13. Coursed, squared rubble buttressing pointed arch of 2 chamfered orders carried on responds with polygonal capitals. Brass plate to south side records burials of various members of Fletcher family nearby. Tombstones fastened to arch; that to William Graham (1755) on south end ornately carved with broken pediment and foliate swags."

hearsay:-  
Built on the site of a roman fort. There were earlier churches, this was built 1822. An older chancel arch stands beside the newer building.

dedication
person:-    : St Bridget
place:-   Moresby / Carlisle Diocese

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