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| St Hilda, Westward | ||
| St Hilda's Church | ||
| Westward Church | ||
| locality:- | Church Hill | |
| civil parish:- | Westward (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | church | |
| coordinates:- | NY27314489 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2744 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY24 | |
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 14) |
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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. "Church (Per Curacy) / Grave Yard" |
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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. NUR1NY24.jpg "WESTWARD" item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Church of St Hilda |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CHURCH OF ST HILDA / / / WESTWARD / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72520 / NY2731944891" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Parish Church. 1785-6 on a C16 site. Coursed hammer-dressed red sandstone with flush quoins on projecting plinth, probably that of the original church. Graduated greenslate roof. 3-bay preaching box with west porch under square bellcote/tower with pyramidal spire. C19 tracery-panelled double door in recessed pointed arch, continuing up to form bellcote with louvred vents. 3-light windows with level pointed heads throughout. Interior has late C19 furnishings and fittings, including a panelled ceiling and a screen to provide a western vestibule, both enriched with bubble-leaf ornament. Stained glass in east and south window, 1890. West wall has brass plaque to Richard Barwis of Islekirk Hall, 1648. See Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian &Archaeological Society, new series, lxxxiii, ppl5l-6." |
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| hearsay:- |
A monumental brass records the death of Richard Barwise. He was nicknamed Giant Barwise
and is said to have shown off his strength by walking round the courtyard of Islekirk
carry his wife on one outstretched arm, a great stone in the other. |
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| dedication | ||
| person:- | : St Hilda |
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| place:- | Westward / Carlisle Diocese | |
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