Old Cumbria Gazetteer - St John, Crosscanonby

St John, Crosscanonby

St John's Church

Crosscanonby Church

locality:-

Crosscanonby

civil parish:-

Crosscanonby (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

church

coordinates:-

NY06913900

1Km square:-

NY0639

10Km square:-

NY03

references:-

: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

BNV59.jpg (taken 20.6.2007)
photograph

CFI60.jpg (taken 12.8.2016)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 35 14)
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 (Per Curacy) / Grave Yard"

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.

NUR1NY03.jpg
"CROSSCANONBY"
item:- JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

CCS95.jpg (taken 30.3.2015)

stained glass

kneelers

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:- Church of St John

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST JOHN / / / CROSSCANONBY / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / I / 411241 / NY0691839003"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Parish church. C12 with C13 and C14 alterations, restoration 1880. Red sandstone blocks, probably from a Roman building, under graduated greenslate roof with coped gables and cross finials. 3-bay nave with south porch, north vestry and west open bellcote. Lower single-bay chancel with south chapel, common to south aisle. Nave has 2-light C19 windows in north wall. Porch has pointed arch under ogee-headed niche. South aisles and side chapel have small chamfered-surround windows. Stone set into wall inscribed I.F.B.P. West wall has built-in medieval graveslab fragment. Chancel has one original tall narrow window in south wall and 3-light C19 east window. North side of nave roof has 2 C20 dormer windows with leaded panes. Rainwater heads on chancel dated 1880. Interior has C13 elliptical arcade arch with the remains of a blocked C12 south window above. C13 square font with stiff-leaf ornament on columned shaft. Open queenpost roof. C12 narrow segmental chancel arch. Chancel has piscina and aumbry. Royal Arms dated 1733 with 4 text boards of similar date. Over the chancel arch is a framed early C18 painting of the Last Supper, probably by Matthias Read, who also designed a wall plaque in chancel to Joseph &William Senhouse. Stained-glass east window by John Scott of Carlisle, 1849."
"See Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian &Archaeological Society, new series, xiii, pp.255-260."

evidence:-

old print:- Calverley 1899
item:- cross; Lawrence Slab; Thunderbolt Stone

source data:-

Lithograph by W S Calverley.

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CV1049.jpg
Taken from the wall of the church during restoration 1880:-

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CV1075.jpg
Engravings by M Petersen and sketches by W G Collingwood. "... and there reared up Fenrir's progeny ..."
Found in rubble walling,
The Lawrence Slab:-

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CV1076.jpg
Also found in rubble,
The Tunderbolt Stone, 3 sides:-

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CV1077.jpg
Sketches by W G Collingwood.
item:- JandMN : 190
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old print:- Calverley 1899
item:- hogback gravestone

source data:-

East end of south aisle:-

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CV1074.jpg
Sketch by W G Collingwood.
item:- JandMN : 190
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old drawing:-
item:- cross shaft

source data:-

Drawing, Crosscanonby, Red Shaft, St John's Church, Crosscanonby, Cumberland, by William Gershom Collingwood, about 1899.

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PR0804.jpg
Sketch of the reverse of two fragments of a cross shaft; the first bears carved decoration of a recessed panel enclosing a plaitwork pattern, the second bears interlacing band ornaments.
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.107.
inscribed at bottom centre:- "Crosscanonby, Red Shaft"
initialled at bottom right:- "W.G.C."
item:- Tullie House Museum : 1902.18.1
Image © Tullie House Museum

sentences from scripture

cross slab gravestones

incumbents:-

Murthwaite, R	1683 -
Musgrave, Sleddall	1684 -
Gregson, Francis	1685 -
Rumney, John	1716 -
Lancaster, William	1728 -
Wilson, Thomas	1767 -
Taylor, William	1788 -
Parsable, William	1796 -
Whitelock, John	1800 -
Wallas, Thomas	1801 -
Donald, John	1808 -
Wightman, Robert	1846 -
Gurley, George M	1850 -
Dugdale, Richard	1853 -
Bower, Richard	1878 -
Greene, Richard S	1883 -
Marsh, William	1893 -

notes:-

Described in:-

Butler, Lawrence (ed): 2011: Church Notes of Sir Stephen Glynne for Cumbria, 1833-1872: CWAAS:: ISBN 978 1 873124 52 9

Extracted from the original notes made by Sir Stephen, now in Deiniol's Library, Hawarden, Flintshire, contact through Flintshire Record Office

BPH88.jpg Alabaster font, 14th century?
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

BPH94.jpg Coat of arms, George II.
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

CFI61.jpg Mothers Union banner.
(taken 12.8.2016)
photograph

CFI78.jpg Organ.
(taken 12.8.2016)
photograph

CFI71.jpg Hymn board.
(taken 12.8.2016)
photograph

CFI72.jpg Hymn numbers.
(taken 12.8.2016)
photograph

BPH95.jpg Gallery, carved, about 1730.
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

BPH96.jpg Coat of arms on the gallery, about 1730.
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

BPH91.jpg Poor box:-
"Give Alms" (taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

BPH98.jpg Pitch pipe.
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

BPI01.jpg Early English arch, a face.
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

BPH92.jpg Carved rail, battle memorial? and coats of arms, 18th century?
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

BPH93.jpg Carved rail, battle memorial? and coats of arms, 18th century?
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

BPH97.jpg Coat of arms, memorial to Gustavus Thompson, chaplain to the Bishop of Carlisle, Vicar of Penrith, d.1749.
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

CFI74.jpg Memorial to Joseph Richard Senhouse d.1718.
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

CFI75.jpg Coat of arms, Joseph Richard Senhouse d.1718.
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

BPH89.jpg Viking cross shaft?
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

BPH85.jpg 'Thunderbolt Stone', greek cross
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

BPH86.jpg 'Thunderbolt Stone', the thunderbolt.
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

CFI59.jpg 'Thunderbolt Stone'.
(taken 12.8.2016)
photograph

BPI03.jpg Gravestone:-
"Here lies the body of / John Smith of Birkby who / was salt officer at Netherhall / and Crosscannonby Pans for / 29 years. He was a good Neigh / bour faithfull to his Friends [ ] / cheerfully relieved [ye] poor / He departed this Life y[ ] / day of March Anno Dom / 1730 Aged 64 years / ..." (taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

BPI04.jpg John Smith, salt officer, at his desk, on his gravestone.
(taken 14.6.2008)
photograph

BNV61.jpg Momento mori on a gravestone, 1733.
(taken 20.6.2007)
photograph

BNV60.jpg Hogback gravestone.
(taken 20.6.2007)
photograph

CFI80.jpg Lych gate.
(taken 12.8.2016)
photograph

BPI06.jpg Bench mark, west wall.
(taken 20.6.2007)

BPH99.jpg Painting by W Mitchell, 1852
(taken 14.6.2008)

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CFI73.jpg Restoration plan, 1935.
(taken 12.8.2016)
photograph

CFI76.jpg Sketch.
(taken 12.8.2016)

notes:-

The original church dates to the early 12th century; the south aisle and chapel were added, 13th century. Much of the fabric includes stone from roman remains, in particular the chancel arch is probably an arch from the roman fort at Maryport, perhaps the entrance to the praetorium.

: : church leaflet

dedication

person:-

: St John the Evangelist

place:-

Cross Canonby / Carlisle Diocese

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