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| St James, Temple Sowerby | ||
| St James's Church | ||
| Temple Sowerby Church | ||
| locality:- | Temple Sowerby | |
| civil parish:- | Temple Sowerby (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | church | |
| coordinates:- | NY611271 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6127 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY62 | |
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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 BME81.jpg (taken 1.6.2006)  CFA23.jpg (taken 16.5.2016) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 4 16) placename:- St James'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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) |
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| 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. J5NY62NW.jpg church item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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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. NUR1NY62.jpg "TEMPLE SOWERBY" item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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 CFA37.jpg Inscribed:- "THOMAS MEARS &SON OF L[ ]" (taken 16.5.2016)  CFA38.jpg Rehung by Taylor, Loughborough. (taken 16.5.2016) |
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The incumbent is an assistant curate to 1774, then a perpetual curate. |
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| stained glass |
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| sundial |
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| scratch dial |
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 CFA27.jpg Organ, by Wilkinson and Sons, Kendal. (taken 16.5.2016)  CFA29.jpg Organ, by Wilkinson and Sons, Kendal. (taken 16.5.2016)  CFA28.jpg Organ, by Wilkinson, Kendal. "WILKINSON &SONS / KENDAL / EST: 1829" (taken 16.5.2016)  CFA30.jpg Sentences from scripture. (taken 16.5.2016)  CFA25.jpg Coat of arms on pulpit. (taken 16.5.2016)  CFA26.jpg Coat of arms on choir stalls. (taken 16.5.2016)  CFA24.jpg Altar frontal. (taken 16.5.2016)  CFA35.jpg Turret clock, installed 1949. (taken 16.5.2016)  Click to enlarge CFA36.jpg Turret clock, installed 1949. (taken 16.5.2016)  BME82.jpg Cut bench mark, with spot height:- "348¾Feet above the Sea" (taken 1.6.2006) |
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| hearsay:- |
The church was once a chapel of ease to Newbiggin or Kirkby Thore parish. It was mentioned
in 1200, when Adam son of Waldeve granted the advowson of Kirkby Thore to Robert Veteripont |
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| "... with all the liberties and dignities of the said church ... as well in the chapels
of Soureby and Milburne ..." |
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| The church was rebuilt in 1770, funded in part by Sir William Dalston, lord of the
manor, the inhabitants responsible for carting stone from a quarry at Crowdundle.
Extensive repairs were made, the nave and chancel much rebuilt, 1875. The township
became a parish in 1880. |
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Organ by Wilkinson, Kendal. |
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| dedication | ||
| person:- | : St James |
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| place:- | Temple Sowerby / Carlisle Diocese | |
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