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| St John, Bassenthwaite | ||
| St John's Church | ||
| Bassenthwaite Church | ||
| locality:- | Chapel | |
| civil parish:- | Bassenthwaite (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | church | |
| coordinates:- | NY22903159 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2231 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY23 | |
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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| Built 1878, much of the cost paid by J Boustead of Armathwaite Hall. |
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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. NUR1NY22.jpg "BASSENTHWAITE ST. BRIDGET WITH B. ST. JOHN" item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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 church clock bells |
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| stained glass |
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 BLO44.jpg Organ by Jardine of Manchester, 1894. (taken 20.1.2006)  BVE33.jpg Mothers Union banner. (taken 9.8.2011)  BVE34.jpg Coat of arms, Thomas Hartley, Armathwaite Hall, died 1929. (taken 9.8.2011)  BLO45.jpg (taken 20.1.2006)  CEB87.jpg (taken 13.10.2015) |
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| notes:- |
The church replaces a chapel of ease, at the nearby crossroads, and was completed
in 1878. The chapel of ease was provided because the parish church of St Bega, by
the lake, was too far from the village. |
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| : : church leaflet |
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| dedication | ||
| person:- | : St John the Evangelist |
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| place:- | Bassenthwaite / Carlisle Diocese | |
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