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| St John, Houghton | ||
| St John's Church | ||
| Houghton Church | ||
| St John's and St Peter's Church | ||
| locality:- | Houghton | |
| civil parish:- | Stanwix Rural (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | church | |
| coordinates:- | NY40825979 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4059 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 16 12) 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:- 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. NUR1NY36.jpg "HOUGHTON WITH S. PETER KINGMOOR" 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 / / / STANWIX RURAL / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77658 / NY4082659796" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Church. 1840-42, built as copy of Stanwix Church, Carlisle. Snecked ashlar yellow sandstone, from Chalk Quarry, Dalston, slate roof. 3 storeys east tower with 4 bay nave-chancel. Tower has pointed entrance arch with hood mould: similar windows in bell chamber, with Y-tracery and louvred slats: diagonal buttresses at angles with corner pinnacles and corbelled and castellated parapet. Clock above entrance is of 1901. Pointed arch windows and hood moulds to nave: diagonal buttresses at angles, with corner pinnacles and cross as gable pinnacle. Interior renovated 1901 by C.J. Ferguson: pine pews, carved oak pulpit and lectern, pitch-pine panelled ceiling. Red cement floor with chancel floor of black and white marble. Font of carved Caen stone, with red marble pillars of 1898. Windows of Moorish pattern, in plain leaded glass by Cleator &Sons, London, 1897. Not an ancient site." |
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 BYN95.jpg Organ. (taken 14.6.2013)  BYN97.jpg Poor box. (taken 14.6.2013)  BYN98.jpg Mothers Union banner (taken 14.6.2013)  BYN96.jpg War memorial. (taken 14.6.2013)  CEC49.jpg Boot scraper. (taken 23.10.2015) |
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| dedication | ||
| person:- | : St John the Evangelist |
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| place:- | Houghton / Carlisle Diocese | |
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