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St Cuthbert, Milburn
St Cuthbert's Church
Milburn Church
locality:-   Milburn
civil parish:-   Milburn (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY65202905
1Km square:-   NY6529
10Km square:-   NY62
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


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BSV61.jpg (taken 2.6.2010)  
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BMF04.jpg (taken 1.6.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 5 9) 
placename:-  St Cuthbert'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 Cuthbert's Church (Per Curacy) / Grave Yard"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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J5NY62NE.jpg
church 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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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NUR1NY62.jpg
"NEWBIGGIN ST. EDMUND WITH MILBURN"
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Parish Church of St Cuthbert, Milburn, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290? published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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HMW105.jpg
On p.173 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
RCHME no. Wmd, Milburn 2 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.106
Image © see bottom of page

 notes about bells

 stained glass

 kneelers

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Church of St Cuthbert
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT / / LOW STREET / MILBURN / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73221 / NY6520429054"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Parish church; C13 and later, incorporating some reset C12 work. Coursed, squared rubble with quoins on chamfered plinth. Graduated slate roof with stone-flagged eaves to north side; gabled bellcote to west end dated 1894 but incorporates finials from previous bellcote, dated 1665. Apex cross to east end. Single cell with south aisle which was extended one bay in 1605; 1722 datestone over window. Re-set C12 doorway with semicircular head on south side. 2- &3-light windows of various dates. Internally, C13 tomb slab, with wheeled cross and shears, re-set in porch. 2-bay south arcade has pointed arches carried on C13 freestanding octofoil pier. Remains of bracket piscina with ogee head in south aisle, aumbrey with pointed head in south wall of chancel. Panelling from C18 box pews used to line chancel walls."

 cross slab gravestones

 scratch dial

 scratch dial (2)

 scratch dial (3)


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BSV65.jpg  Organ.
(taken 2.6.2010)  
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BSV64.jpg  Organ.
(taken 2.6.2010)  
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BMF05.jpg  Coat of arms.
(taken 1.6.2006)  
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BSV62.jpg  Banner.
(taken 2.6.2010)  
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BSV63.jpg  Banner.
(taken 2.6.2010)  
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CCN24.jpg  Parish chest?
(taken 27.2.2015)  
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CCN13.jpg  Door.
(taken 27.2.2015)  
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BSV56.jpg  Capital on porch arch.
(taken 2.6.2010)  
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CEF31.jpg  Boot scraper.
(taken 30.10.2015)  
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BSV60.jpg  Cross?
(taken 2.6.2010)  
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CCN15.jpg  Date:-
"1722" (taken 27.2.2015)  
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BMF02.jpg (taken 1.6.2006)  
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CCN12.jpg (taken 27.2.2015)  
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CCN23.jpg (taken 27.2.2015)  

dedication
person:-    : St Cuthbert
place:-   Milburn / Carlisle Diocese

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