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St John, Workington
St John's Church
Workington Church
locality:-   Workington
civil parish:-   Workington (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY00432850
1Km square:-   NY0028
10Km square:-   NY02
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

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BRJ33.jpg (taken 14.5.2007)  
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CGB01.jpg (taken 10.5.2017)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 53 11) 
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) / Grave Yard"
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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"ST. JOHN'S"
item:-  JandMN : 27
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 stained glass
 kneelers
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST JOHN AND ADJOINING PARISH ROOM / / WASHINGTON STREET / WORKINGTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 72304 / NY0043228499"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Chapel of ease, now parish church and parish room. 1822-23 by Thomas Hardwick with 1846 and 1888 additions. Hammer-dressed calciferous sandstone, from Schoose and Hunday Quarries, with ashlar eaves, pilasters and plinth. Graduated green- slate roof with modillioned overhanging eaves and gable pediments. 5-bay nave/- chancel with west portico; 1846 west square ridge tower under bell cupola; east parish rooms and north vestry. Double panelled west doors with patterned over- light in stone architrave under plain frieze and console-bracketed cornice; flanking panelled doors in stone architraves under large round-headed niches, all within tetrastyle Tuscan portico. Tall round-headed side windows in stone architraves. Parish rooms adjoin east wall; doorway dated 1881 and 3-light windows. Interior galleries on 3 sides on slender fluted cast iron columns, the rear of the galleries with segmental recesses to light pews below. Flat plaster ceiling with geometricl ribs and coats-of-arms. Baldacchino and font cover by J N Comper, 1930. Tall C20 carved oak pulpit. Built in the style of St Paul's, Covent Garden at the cost of L10,000, by the architect who restored that church."

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CGB07.jpg  Organ.
(taken 10.5.2017)  
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CGB08.jpg  Royal coat of arms, embroidered.
(taken 10.5.2017)  
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CGB09.jpg  Mother Union banner.
(taken 10.5.2017)  
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CGB17.jpg  Ceiling.
(taken 10.5.2017)  
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CGB18.jpg  Ceiling, detail - coats of arms.
(taken 10.5.2017)  
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CGB19.jpg  Ceiling, detail - coats of arms.
(taken 10.5.2017)  
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CGB20.jpg  Ceiling, detail - coats of arms.
(taken 10.5.2017)  
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CGB21.jpg  Pulpit.
(taken 10.5.2017)  
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CGB15.jpg  War memorial, bronze memorial plaques, issued after World War I, set into panelling.
(taken 10.5.2017)  
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CGB16.jpg  War memorial, bronze memorial plaques, issued after World War I, set into panelling.
(taken 10.5.2017)  
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CGB10.jpg  Inscription over the entrance to the nave.
(taken 10.5.2017)  
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CGB02.jpg (taken 10.5.2017)  
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CGB03.jpg (taken 10.5.2017)  
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BNQ46.jpg (taken 14.5.2007)  
dedication
person:-    : St John
place:-   Workington / Carlisle Diocese
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