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| St Cuthbert, Lorton | ||
| St Cuthbert's Church | ||
| Lorton Church | ||
| locality:- | Low Lorton | |
| civil parish:- | Lorton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | church | |
| coordinates:- | NY15512598 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1525 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY12 | |
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 13) placename:- St Cuthbert's Church |
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| 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. Cuthbert's Church (Per Curacy) / Grave Yard / Sunday School" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Gents Mag 1751 |
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| 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. GM1307.jpg church item:- JandMN : 114 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Nurse 1918 |
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| 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. NUR1NY12.jpg "LORTON" item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
An early bell, or bells, went missing about 1870. They were replaced by a secondhand
bell from Bridekirk with inscription:- |
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| "[H. A. Hervey - Vicar / Seaton Co. fecit 1804 / 4 0 6]" |
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| This is on a beam inscribed:- |
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| "[Hung 1870]" |
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 BUG77.jpg Gravestone. (taken 28.3.2011)  BLZ97.jpg Gravestones. (taken 3.5.2006)  BQN60.jpg Gravestone of a shepherd, Edward Nelson of Gatesgarth, carved by Josephina de Vasconcellos, 1930s. (taken 11.5.2009) |
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 BUG83.jpg Cast iron gate. (taken 28.3.2011)  BUG84.jpg Closing device for gate. (taken 28.3.2011) |
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"Petition for Rebuilding the Chapel of Lorton" |
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| "1806" |
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| "The Petition of the Parishioners of the Chapelry of Lorton, for a new Church with
a Steeple, as at Lorton, for a Faculty to be granted ..." |
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| notes:- |
There was at Lorton a chapel of ease to Brigham mentioned in the pipe rolls 1198;
the site is not known. The earliest mention of the dedication to St Cuthbert is in
1416. A visitation in 1698 reports the chapel in good repair, though a year later
it was not as good as they had thought. This was dealt with by 1711 when the churchwardens
reported that the church was:- |
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| "... in good and sufficient repair within and without, flag'd plain and even, ..." |
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| By 1802 it was in a dangerous state, though it continued in use. By 1809 a new church
had been built. The present chancel was added between 1869 and 1903; the chancel was
improved in 1911; there was a restoration project from 1987 to 1993. Lorton became
a parish in 1884. |
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| George, Ron: 1995: St Cuthbert's Church Lorton |
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| dedication | ||
| person:- | : St Cuthbert |
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| place:- | Lorton / Carlisle Diocese | |
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