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| St John, Grayrigg | ||
| St John's Church | ||
| Grayrigg Church | ||
| locality:- | Grayrigg | |
| civil parish:- | Grayrigg (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | church | |
| coordinates:- | SD57869718 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5797 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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 BJV88.jpg (taken 23.9.2005)  BSR60.jpg (taken 7.5.2010) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 11) placename:- St John'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. "St John's Church (Per Curacy) / Grave Yard" |
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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. J5SD59NE.jpg "Chapel" 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. NUR1SD59.jpg "GRAYRIGG" item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Church of St John |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CHURCH OF ST JOHN / / A685 / GRAYRIGG / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75661 / SD5786097176" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Church. 1837 with tower of 1869. By George Webster. Stone rubble with slobbered mortar, roughcast to south facade, ashlar dressings and slate roof; tower of dressed stone and ashlar. Nave, west tower and east apse. 5-bay nave has weathered buttresses and diagonal buttresses. Lancet windows have splayed reveals. Gabled south porch has pointed entrance and datestone: 1837. Coped gables with fleuron finials. Gabled apse has flanking lancets and 3 stepped lancets. Tower has diagonal buttresses. 3 stepped lancets under hoodmould to west face, with 2 lancets in 2-bay applied arcade above. Bell stage has sill course to 2-light louvred plate-tracery bell openings with hoodmoulds and head stops. String course with gargoyles and stepped embattled parapet. Interior: ceiling has braced beams, pendants, and 3 traceried roses. Tower arch has traceried glazed screen and flanking diagonal -buttresses; small octagonal font. Windows to east end have hoods with head stops, apparently in form of plaster casts of faces. Splayed arch to apse has roll moulding and shafts. East window has stained glass dated 1892. Pulpit has open cusped arches." |
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 BJV90.jpg Organ made by Forster and Andrews, Hull, 1876 (taken 23.9.2005)  BSR63.jpg Organ maker:- "FORSTER &ANDREWS / HULL 1876" (taken 7.5.2010)  BXQ86.jpg Parish chest. (taken 23.11.2012)  BXQ87.jpg Parish chest:- "M.C / 1833" (taken 23.11.2012)  BXQ88.jpg Mothers Union banner (taken 23.11.2012)  BXQ85.jpg War memorial plaque. (taken 23.11.2012) |
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| hearsay:- |
Rebuilt and enlarged, 1837-38. |
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| dedication | ||
| person:- | : St John |
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| place:- | Grayrigg / Carlisle Diocese | |
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