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| St John, Corney | ||
| St John's Church | ||
| Corney Church | ||
| Street:- | Church Brow | |
| locality:- | Corney | |
| civil parish:- | Waberthwaite (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | church | |
| coordinates:- | SD11249131 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1191 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD19 | |
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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 BOI33.jpg (taken 6.11.2007)  BOI34.jpg (taken 6.11.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 85 8) placename:- St John the Baptist'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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4SD19SW.jpg "Church" church item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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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. NUR1SD19.jpg "CORNEY" Held in plurality with Waberthwaite. item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
First written evidence dates to 1185. There was a grand meeting in 1785 which agreed
'four windows only ... the present porch to be removed to the end and a great door
to be broken in the centre of the west end ...' In 1819 a wall 'five feet and a half
high' was put round the churchyard - this is said to be the height at which a Herdwick
sheep will hesitate. |
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| In the church, or the churchyard? there is said to be the gravestone of John Noble,
died 1772 age 114. |
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| There were two brothers, Mark Noble born 1655 who died age 113, and John Noble born
1658 died age 114. |
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| (I've not found the gravestone.) |
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| hearsay:- |
There is/was a sundial given by Edward Troughton, who was born at Welcome Nook, dated
1882. |
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| dedication | ||
| person:- | : St John the Baptist |
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| place:- | Corney / Carlisle Diocese | |
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