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St John, Old Hutton
St John's Church
Old Hutton Church
locality:-   Old Hutton
civil parish:-   Old Hutton and Holmescales (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   SD55988867
1Km square:-   SD5588
10Km square:-   SD58
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


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BSR99.jpg (taken 7.5.2010)  
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BLV12.jpg (taken 9.4.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 39 14) 
placename:-  St John the Baptist'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 the Baptist's Church (Per Curacy) / Grave Yard"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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.
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J5SD58NE.jpg
church 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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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NUR1SD58.jpg
"OLD HUTTON"
United benefice with New Hutton, but separate parish. 
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page


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BSR98.jpg  Church bell.
(taken 7.5.2010)  

 stained glass

incumbents:-  
Hope, R D  1871 - 1911 


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BLV14.jpg  Organ by Wilinson and Sons, Kendal
(taken 9.4.2006)  
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BLV15.jpg  Organ by Wilinson and Sons, Kendal
(taken 9.4.2006)  
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BLV16.jpg (taken 9.4.2006)  
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BLV13.jpg  Hanging, embroidery:-
"OLD HUTTON &HOLMESCALES For the year two thousand" (taken 9.4.2006)  
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BZU17.jpg  Hanging, embroidery, detail:-
(taken 31.1.2014)  
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BZU20.jpg  Hanging, embroidery, detail:-
(taken 31.1.2014)  
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BLV11.jpg (taken 9.4.2006)  

notes:-  
There was an ancient church here, perhaps built in the 13th century as a chapel of ease to Kendal; it disappeared in the 17th century. A new chapel was built in 1699 and was demolished about 70 years later. The present church was built 1872-73, architects Brade and Swales.

: : church leaflet

dedication
person:-    : St John the Baptist
place:-   Old Hutton / Carlisle Diocese

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