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St James, Burton-in-Kendal
St James's Church
Burton-in-Kendal Church
locality:-   Burton-in-Kendal
civil parish:-   Burton-in-Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   SD53057689
1Km square:-   SD5376
10Km square:-   SD57
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

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BJS12.jpg (taken 12.8.2005)  
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BZF85.jpg (taken 6.9.2013)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 47 13) 
placename:-  St James'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. James's Church (Vicarage) / 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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church 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Baker 1802
source data:-   Perspective road maps with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
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item:-  private collection : 3
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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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"BURTON-IN-KENDAL"
item:-  JandMN : 27
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Burton, The Parish Church of St James, Burton-in-Kendal, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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On p.64 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
printed, upper left  "BURTON - THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES"
RCHME no. Wmd, Burton 1 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.44
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 turret clock
 stained glass
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Church of St James
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST JAMES / / A6070 / BURTON IN KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / I / 76640 / SD5305076921"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Parish Church. Base of Tower and North-West angle of Nave C12, North aisle possibly C13, North Chapel late C13, South Arcade to Nave and South Aisle C14, North Arcade, North Aisle and South Chapel late C15 or early C16. Restored, Chancel and North Chapel rebuilt and clerestory added in 1844; further restoration and South Arcade to Chancel rebuilt in 1872. Limestone rubble with limestone and sandstone dressings, slate roofs. West Tower, Nave with aisles, Chancel, North and South Chapels. 3-stage Tower has later embattled parapets, C14 West window with 2 trefoiled ogee lights, square-headed window in North wall and early C16 2-light windows in each wall of bell-chamber. South wall has gabled porch and C14 doorway with chamfered jambs and 2-centred head, 2 windows c.1330 (RCHM), each of 2 trefoiled ogee lights, and 2 C16 windows with moulded ogee lights and reset doorway c1300 between them. East wall has C19 East window in rebuilt wall, C13 3-light window, with pointed heads to lights, in North Chapel and reset window c.1300, of 3 trefoiled lights with intersecting tracery, with carved head over, in South Chapel. West wall has C16 2-light window with remains of moulded label and headstops to North of Tower and partly restored early C16 3-light window with moulded label to South. North wall has 3 2- or 3-light windows, one reset C14 2-light window with ogee heads to lights to right and traces of blocked doorway. Interior has 9-bay king-post roof to Nave and Chancel (no Chancel Arch) the 4 most Western probably early C16, others later; C16 or earlier 8-bay roof to South Aisle; probably C16 roof to North Aisle. South Aisle has 2 recesses in South wall: one with trefoiled head and round drain and one with chamfered jambs. 5-sided oak Pulpit has enriched C17 panels assembled with C19 posts, base and cornice. Glass mostly C19, including window by Shrigley and Hunt of Lancaster dated 1877 in South Aisle. Fragments of medieval cross shafts."
 memorials and coats of arms
evidence:-   old print:- Calverley 1899
item:-  cross
source data:-   In the church:-
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Sketches by W G Collingwood. 
item:-  JandMN : 190
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evidence:-   old drawing:- 
item:-  cross
source data:-   Drawing, Pre Norman Cross Shaft, St James's Church, Burton-in-Kendal, Westmorland, by William Gershom Collingwood, 1899.
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Sketch of the four sides of a fragment of a cross shaft; three of them are decorated with key pattern, chain-lait and interlaced devices. The fourth, second from right, shows Christ rising from the tomb in the cave of Gethsemane; above, two figures stand by the vacant cross. 
Drawn to illustrate Notes on the Early Sculptured Crosses, Shrines and Monuments in the Present Diocese of Carlisle, by Rev William Slater Calverley, published by T Wilson, Kendal 1899; opposite p.89. 
initialled &dated at bottom right:-  "W.G.C. 1899"
inscribed at bottom centre:-  "Burton [Westmorland]"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1902.18.17
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old drawing:- 
item:-  cross
source data:-   Drawing, Zigzag Fragment, St James's Church, Burton-in-Kendal, Westmorland, by William Gershom Collingwood, 1899.
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Sketch of two faces of a fragment of a cross shaft; the first bears carved decoration of a worm cast design, the second bears a repeating zigzags design. 
Drawn to illustrate Notes on the Early Sculptured Crosses, Shrines and Monuments in the Present Diocese of Carlisle, by Rev William Slater Calverley, published by T Wilson, Kendal 1899; opposite p.91. 
inscribed at bottom centre:-  "Burton [Westmorland]"
initialled &dated at bottom right:-  "W.G.C. 1899"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1902.18.12
Image © Tullie House Museum
 ring of bells
incumbents:-  
Adam  1180 -  
Henry  1205 -  
Adam  1230 -  
Rutherford, William de  1276 -  
Alta Rippa, Hamon de  1294 -  
Gayteford, Hugh de  1301 -  
Pickeryng, Richard de  1334 -  
Claryle, William  1352 -  
Wilton, William  1374 -  
Sagefeld, John de  1377 -  
Yeland, William  1384 -  
Dedmore, John  1385 -  
Forester, William  1389 -  
Kirkeby, Thomas  1404 -  
Dokwra, Roger  1409 -  
Horneby, Thomas  1437 -  
Barford, Robert  1463 -  
Loncastre, Robert  1471 -  
Broune, Richard  1535 -  
Pachet, Richard  1578 -  
Hudson, Christopher  1579 -  
Williamson, James  1580 -  
Curwen, Henry  1584 -  
Dawson, Miles  1599 -  
Johnson, Henry  1622 -  
Croft, Richard  1653 -  
Thexton, John  1655 -  
Browne, Gerard  1657 -  
Ormeroyd, John  1664 -  
Underwood, John  1691 -  
Barbon, Thomas  1694 -  
Benison, John  1723 -  
Hutton, John  1764 -  
Waller, Bryan  1806 -  
Morewood, Robert  1842 -  
Boinville, William Chastel de  1866 -  
Carpenter, Frederic Waldeman  1900 -  
 sundial

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BZF87.jpg  Organ, by J and W Holt, Bradford, 1850.
(taken 6.9.2013)  
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BZF90.jpg  Royal coat of arms,
(taken 6.9.2013)  
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BZF88.jpg  Mothers Union banner
(taken 6.9.2013)  
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CFS41.jpg  Pulpit.
(taken 18.11.2016)  
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CFS45.jpg  Charity board.
(taken 18.11.2016)  
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CFS40.jpg  Oil lamp.
(taken 18.11.2016)  
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CFS44.jpg  Matchstick model.
(taken 18.11.2016)  

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CFS36.jpg  Cross shaft, 10th or 11th century.
(taken 18.11.2016)  
The cross shaft dates from the 10th or 11th century. On the front: top panel, figures of, perhaps, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St John beside a cross; middle panel, Christ arising from the tomb, carrying a cross and a palm branch, trampling on a serpent; bottom panel, worn.

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CFS37.jpg  Cross shaft, 11th century.
(taken 18.11.2016)  
Cross shaft, 11th century. Parallel lines and curves.

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CFS38.jpg  Wheel head from a cross, 10th or 11th century.
(taken 18.11.2016)  
Wheel head from a cross, 10th or 11th century.

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CFS39.jpg  Cross shaft, 10th century.
(taken 18.11.2016)  
Part of a cross shaft, 10th century. This has a central figure, perhaps with a halo, beneath an arch.

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BZF93.jpg  Burton's Church, 1870.
(taken 6.9.2013)  
notes:-  
 There has been a church here since at least the 11th century; there was probably a church of wood, wattle and daub. in the period 1190-97 the church at Burton was granted to the Benedictine Abbey of St Mary, York.
The oldest part of the present church is the west tower, dating from the 12th century. Various other parts of the nave and aisles date from the 14th and 15th centuries. The porch is 16th century. Extensive restoration was made in 1844, the result 'comfortless and uninviting'; and there was more restoration in 1872.

: 1972 (?): church leaflet
notes:-  
 possible fortified church tower

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration
dedication
person:-    : St James
place:-   Burton / Carlisle Diocese
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