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St Kentigern, Mungrisdale
St Kentigern's Church
Mungrisdale Church
Grisedale Chapel
locality:-   Mungrisdale
civil parish:-   Mungrisdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY36363044
1Km square:-   NY3630
10Km square:-   NY33
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

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BRC16.jpg (taken 20.7.2009)  
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CAX58.jpg (taken 13.6.2014)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 2) 
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.
"Church (Per Curacy)"
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Grisedalle Chapel
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.  "Grisedalle chap:"
item:-  private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Grisedale Chapel
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Grisedale chap"
circle, building, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Grisedale Chappell
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"Grisedale Chap"
Building and tower with cross. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Grisedale Chapel
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"Grisedale Chap."
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Grisdall Chapel
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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"Grisdall Chap"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Gents Mag 1747
placename:-  Grisdale Chapel
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, perspective view, Caudbeck Fells ie Caldbeck Fells, scale about 1+ miles to 1 inch, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1747.
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"Grisdale Chap"
building in an enclosure 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 43
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Chap:"
church at Mungrisdale 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
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.
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Page 94:-  "..."
"... a chapel of the usual oblong form, with a bell-gable and porch: ..."
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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"MUNGRISDALE"
item:-  JandMN : 27
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 notes about bells
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Church of St Kentigern
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST KENTIGERN / / / MUNGRISDALE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73551 / NY3636330440"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Parish church. 1756 on medieval site with restoration of 1925. Whitewashed rubble walls under graduated grey slate roof with roughcast west bellcote. Single cell of 4 bays with west porch. Round-headed porch entrance and round-headed nave windows with glazing bars. 3-light east window. Interior: simple king-post trusses with boarded ceiling. C17 studded plank doors. Cut-down box pews have painted numbers. 3-decker pulpit made partly from C17 box pews, one with carved graffito I.R.1679. Pillar font with C17 pyramidal wooden cover. Bell dated 1491 is a Victorian recast of an earlier bell."

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CAX57.jpg  Three decker pulpit, probably late 17th century, re-used from another church?
(taken 13.6.2014)  
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CDY20.jpg  Three decker pulpit, probably late 17th century, re-used from another church?
(taken 18.9.2015)  
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BVE20.jpg  Cushion in tier 2 of the pulpit, symbols of St Kentigern.
(taken 9.8.2011)  
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BRC18.jpg  Pews.
(taken 20.7.2009)  
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BRC17.jpg  Banner, worked by Ella Kidd.
(taken 20.7.2009)  
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CDY21.jpg (taken 18.9.2015)  
notes:-  
 Nothing is known of an early church here. The present church was built 1756 on the site of an earlier church. Only the window shapes suggest its period. The roof is carried on king post trusses, which carry carpenter's marks at their joints.
The pews and choir stalls are re-used, from an earlier building, or another church - their elegant numbering defies logical arrangement!

: : church leaflet
dedication
person:-    : St Kentigern
place:-   Mungrisdale / Carlisle Diocese
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