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| St John, Levens | |||||
| St John's Church | |||||
| Levens Church | |||||
| locality:- | Levens | ||||
| civil parish:- | Levens (formerly Westmorland) | ||||
| county:- | Cumbria | ||||
| locality type:- | church | ||||
| coordinates:- | SD48528577 | ||||
| 1Km square:- | SD4885 | ||||
| 10Km square:- | SD48 | ||||
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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 BTL12.jpg (taken 27.8.2010)  BJQ98.jpg (taken 2.8.2005) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 7) placename:- St John the Evangelist'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 the Evangelist's Church (Per Curacy)" |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Levens Chapel |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto sourcePage 18:- "... Levens chapel, a new" goto sourcePage 19:- "building of English architecture, stands on Beathwaite Green, its tower and spire rendering it a conspicuous object. ..." |
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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. NUR1SD48.jpg "LEVENS" item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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 BJR01.jpg Bells, hung in a frame outside. (taken 2.8.2005) |
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 BJQ99.jpg Organ, by Wilkinson and Sons, Kendal, 1883. (taken 2.8.2005)  BTL13.jpg Organ, makers label:- "Wilkinson &Sons, / 18 KENDAL 83" (taken 2.8.2005)  BYU13.jpg Memorial, James Gandy Gandy, d.1979. (taken 11.7.2013)  BYU14.jpg Coat of arms, James Gandy Gandy, d.1979. (taken 11.7.2013)  BYU15.jpg Coat of arms, Bagot, on a pew end. (taken 11.7.2013)  BJQ97.jpg (taken 2.8.2005) |
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| hearsay:- |
The village was once in the parish of Heversham. After a disagreement with the vicar
of Levens, Mary Howard of Levens Hall built a church here, 1828. |
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| dedication | |||||
| person:- | : St John the Evangelist |
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| place:- | Levens / Carlisle Diocese | ||||
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