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St John, Croglin
St John's Church
Croglin Church
locality:-   Croglin
civil parish:-   Ainstable (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY57454727
1Km square:-   NY5747
10Km square:-   NY54
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

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BMM40.jpg (taken 11.8.2006)  
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BMM41.jpg (taken 11.8.2006)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 32 11) 
placename:-  St John'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 John's Church (Rectory) / Grave Yard"
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Croglin Churche
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.  "Croglin churche"
item:-  private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Croglin Church
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"Croglin Church"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Crogling Church
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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"Crogling Church"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Crogling Castle
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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"Crogling Cast."
circle, italic lowercase text; castle 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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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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"CROGLIN"
item:-  JandMN : 27
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 notes about bells
 stained glass
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Church of St John the Baptist
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST / / / AINSTABLE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73433 / NY5744647270"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Church. 1878 by J Howison of Edinburgh, on medieval site. Rusticated red sandstone ashlar on chamfered plinth; graduated green slate roof, coped gables with cross finials and kneelers. 4-bay nave, 3-bay chancel. West bellcote, south porch and north vestry. Windows and entrance are in shafted neo-Norman style with zigzag arches. West wall has clock with inscription dated 1868 and bells above dated 1772. Interior has open timber roof and early C20 fitments. Chancel has neo-Norman zigzag arch. East window of stained glass by Lavers &Westlake. Coloured prints on walls by the Fitzroy Picture Society. Wooden muniment chest and small carved graveslab of C12 inscribed Hisabella."
evidence:-   old print:- Calverley 1899
item:-  cross
source data:-   In the churchyard:-
... 'a stone cross raised on steps'; gone. 
 cross slabs
incumbents:-  
Wetheral, Adam de  1293 -  
Layton, Simon de  1309 -  
Edenhall, William de  1317 -  
Wetewang, John de  1335 -  
Thomas  1350 -  
Edenham, Patrick de  1362 -  
Willerby, William de  1370 -  
Mason, John  1377 -  
Alanby, John de  1378 -  
Hutton, William de  1380 -  
Lullington, Robert de  1440 -  
Staynesforth, Henry  1452 -  
Wharton, William  1527 -  
Warthecoppe, Percival  1548 -  
Machell, Phillip  1564 -  
Hudson, John  1568 -  
Barnes, Thomas  1574 -  
Cholmley, Marmaduke  1578 -  
Haslehead, Roger  1582 -  
Allan, John  1611 -  
Sharples, Richard  1639 -  
Rogers, John  1660 -  
Yates, George  1663 -  
Sanderson, George  1671 -  
Hunter, Thomas  1691 -  
Noble, Henry  1724 -  
Myers, Thomas  1780 -  
Ireland, Joseph  1804 -  
Jackson, John  1837 -  
Bowman, Edward  1848 -  
Green, Josephus Henry  1875 -  
Ransome, Maurice John  1889 -  
Green, Reginald Southwell Graham  1891 -  
Newton, Alfred Seton  1907 -  

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CGM80.jpg  Electronic organ
(taken 8.9.2017)  
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CGM81.jpg  Organ retailer:-
"SELMER" (taken 8.9.2017)  
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CGM82.jpg  Organ retailer:-
"Supplied by / OSBORNE ORGAN GALLERIES / ..." (taken 8.9.2017)  
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BMM42.jpg  Table of Kindred and Affinity:-
"CANON XCIX No person shall marry within the degrees prohibited by the Table here set forth: ... And this Table shall be in every Church publicly set up and fixed at the charge of the Parish. ... 1946 ..." (taken 11.8.2006)  
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CGM79.jpg  An ecclesiastical candlestick.
(taken 8.9.2017)  
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CGM83.jpg  Oil lamp.
(taken 8.9.2017)  
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CGM73.jpg  Boot scraper.
(taken 8.9.2017)  
MN photo:-  
 In the chancel are illustrations of scripture, from a series called the 'Fitzroy Pictures' published by George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, London. These are photo-chromo-lithographs printed by James Akerman, London.

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CGM77.jpg (taken 8.9.2017)  
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CGM78.jpg (taken 8.9.2017)  

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CAW21.jpg  Gravestone with an effigy, one of the Wharton Family, Lord of the Manor, 14th to 18th centuries.
(taken 6.6.2014)  

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BMM45.jpg  The old parish church, 1875.
 
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BMM46.jpg  The old parish church, 1875.
 
hearsay:-  
 The earliest record of rector of the parish was Adam, about 1293. The present church, design by J Howison, Edinburgh, was built 1878. The old church was a little to the south.
dedication
person:-    : St John the Baptist
place:-   Croglin / Carlisle Diocese
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