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St John, Murton
St John's Church
Murton cum Hilton Church
locality:-   Murton
civil parish:-   Murton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY73082112
1Km square:-   NY7321
10Km square:-   NY72
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


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BSV14.jpg (taken 2.6.2010)  
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BVB16.jpg (taken 24.7.2011)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 10 13) 
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)"

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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NUR1NY72.jpg
"MURTON-CUM-HILTON"
Held in plurality with St Michael, Appleby. 
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page


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BSV15.jpg  Church bell.
(taken 2.6.2010)  

 kneelers


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BVB20.jpg  3 Deceker pulpit.
(taken 24.7.2011)  
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BVB17.jpg  Organ
(taken 24.7.2011)  
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BVB18.jpg  Organ keyboard.
(taken 24.7.2011)  
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BVB19.jpg  Organ maker:-
"... / THE / POSITIVE ORGAN / COMPANY LIMITED / ..." (taken 24.7.2011)  
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CEF53.jpg  Oil lamp on the organ.
(taken 24.7.2011)  
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CEF41.jpg  Hymn numbers.
(taken 24.7.2011)  
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BVB21.jpg  Oil lamps.
(taken 24.7.2011)  

notes:-  
There is little known of any early church here. The present church was built in 1856, architect George Robinson, Appleby. There were repairs after a fire in 1947. The turret was reduced in height in 1954.

Armitage, Marylyn: 2007 (?): Parish Church of St John the Baptist Murton-cum-Hilton

dedication
person:-    : St John the Baptist
place:-   Murton cum Hilton / Carlisle Diocese

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