Old Cumbria Gazetteer - St Lawrence, Crosby Ravensworth

St Lawrence, Crosby Ravensworth

St Lawrence's Church

Crosby Ravensworth Church

locality:-

Crosby Ravensworth

civil parish:-

Crosby Ravensworth (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

church

coordinates:-

NY62141484

1Km square:-

NY6214

10Km square:-

NY61

references:-

: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

BME45.jpg (taken 30.5.2006)
photograph

BME50.jpg (taken 30.5.2006)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 14 16)
placename:- St Lawrence'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 Lawrence's Church (Vicarage) / Grave Yard / Tithe Barn"

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.

J5NY61NW.jpg
church
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old text:- Capper 1808
item:- bell; church bell

source data:-

Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published 1808-29.

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"[Crosby Ravensworth] ... The church is a gothic building, with a square tower and three bells. The living is a vicarage, value 7l. 13s. 4d. in the patronage of Mary viscountess Andover."
"..."

evidence:-

old print:- Bemrose 1881
placename:- Crosby Ravensworth Church

source data:-

Print, uncoloured, Crosby Ravensworth Church, St Lawrence's, Westmorland, published by Bemrose and Sons, 23 Old Bailey, London and Derby, by A B Moss, Carlisle, Cumberland, and by T Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1881.

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BEM129.jpg
On p.119 of a Handy Guide to the English Lakes and Shap Spa.
printed at bottom:- "CROSBY RAVENSWORTH CHURCH."
item:- JandMN : 455.31
Image © see bottom of page

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.

NUR1NY61.jpg
"CROSBY RAVENSWORTH"
item:- JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936

source data:-

Map, uncoloured lithograph, Crosby Ravensworth Parish Church of St Lawrence, Crosby Ravensworth, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.

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HMW054.jpg
On p.79 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland.
printed, upper left "CROSBY RAVENSWORTH / PARISH CHURCH OF ST. LAWRENCE"
RCHME no. Wmd, Crosby Ravensworth 1
item:- Armitt Library : A745.54
Image © see bottom of page

Dent memorials

gargoyles

stained glass

stained glass - coats of arms

kneelers

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:- Gibson Memorial

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"GIBSON MEMORIAL AND RAILED ENCLOSURE IN ST LAWRENCE'S CHURCHYARD TO EAST OF CHANCEL / / / CROSBY RAVENSWORTH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74042 / NY6220014854"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Memorial and railed enclosure c.40 yards to east of chancel. Probably c.1811 for Gibson family who commissioned building of church porch (with identical detailing) around that date; may, however, be c.1779, the earliest date (for Isabella Gibson) recorded on memorial. Stone with wrought-iron railings. Square in plan. Plinth has 3 ft high railings, with cast-iron urns to corner-posts, and studded standards, around top edge. Memorial stands c.5 ft high (finial has been broken off) and takes form of a crocketed pinnacle with names inscribed on trefoil-headed panel on each face."

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:- Church of St Lawrence

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE / / / CROSBY RAVENSWORTH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / I / 74039 / NY6214214841"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Parish Church. Earliest fabric is crossing of c.1200. Dated inscriptions record major early C19 rebuilding by Robert Smirke for William Dent; names of masons and clerk of works given. Further remodelled in late C19 by J.S. Crowther. Coursed, squared rubble with dressed stone details; stone blocks used for tower, ashlar for porches. Graduated slate roofs with stone copings, kneelers, and gable crosses. West tower, 4-bay nave, transept, and aisless chancel, all buttressed. 3-stage castellated C15 tower. Ornate gabled porch to 1st nave bay on south side; dated 1811, with plank door. 2-light C19 aisle windows in Decorated style; squat clerestory with small, round windows. Two C19 lancets, with wheel window above, in gable end of transept. 3-bay chancel has ornate central C19 porch with C19 windows in Decorated style to either side and above. Interior: Pointed arches to nave arcade carried on filleted, quadripartite piers. Surviving parts of c.1200 have keeled major shafts. C19 south chapel has wall arcading, painting, and Minton tiles; separated from main body of church by arcaded wooden screen. Early C16 altar tomb to Sir Lancelot Threlkeld in chapel on north side of chancel. Octagonal stone font dated 1662. For dated plan and detailed architectural description, see 1936 R.C.H.M. Westmorland."

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"HEARSE HOUSE IN ST LAWRENCE'S CHURCHYARD TO NORTH EAST OF CHANCEL / / / CROSBY RAVENSWORTH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74043 / NY6221314893"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Hearse house built into churchyard wall c.70 yards to north-east of chancel. Mid C19. Coursed squared rubble with dressed quoins and surrounds. Graduated slate roof with moulded copings. Single storey, 2 bays. Roadside elevation has 2 double doors, with wrought-iron strap hinges, in chamfered surrounds with timber lintel. Narrow central wagon door to rear (churchyard elevation) with small door to one side. All doors plank. Included for group value."

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"DENT TOMBS AND RAILED ENCLOSURES IN ST LAWRENCE'S CHURCHYARD TO SOUTH WEST OF CHANCEL / / / CROSBY RAVENSWORTH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74041 / NY6216814831"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"2 tombs for members of Dent family c.8.yards to south-west of chancel; for Elizabeth Dent (died 1847) and Lancelot Dent (died 1853). Stone with cast-iron railings. Each consists of a low stone plinth surmounted by a ridged slab with segment-headed footstone and taller, segment-headed marble headstone with inscription and carved coat-of-arms. Railings stand c.2 ft high and the sides have central cast coats-of-arms flanked by ornate foliate panels; the ball finials to the octagonal corner posts, and the top rails, are spiked."

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"CROSS STUMP IN ST LAWRENCE'S CHURCHYARD TO SOUTH OF TRANSEPT / / / CROSBY RAVENSWORTH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74040 / NY6214314822"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Stump of churchyard cross c.8 yards south of south transept. Medieval (possibly late). Stone, c.10 ft high overall. Large, rectangular base block with rectangular socket in which is fitted the tapered cross shaft. The shaft's chamfered corners have widely spaced, individual dog-tooth decoration. The remains of the shaft consists of 3 fragments fastened together."

ring of bells

incumbents:-

Alexander	1160 -
Amlind, Ernald de	1211 -
Odo	1222 -
Walden, William de	1240 -
Yrstona, Richard de
Fostona, William de	1262 -
Taunton, Peter de	1295 -
Insula, William de	1303 -
Linton, John de	1361 -
Threlkeld, Robert de
Regill, John de	1362 -
Crofte, Roger	1446 -
Thwaits, Roland	1572 -
Witton, Christopher
Smyth, Edward	1576 -
Willain, William	1597 -
Braddel, Matthias	1617 -
Willain, William
Curwen, William	1650 -
Wilkinson, William	1685 -
Watson, James	1708 -
Williamson, George	1747 -
Revely, Samuel	1783 -
Briscoe, Joseph	1811 -
Everard, Salisbury	1834 -
Wilson, Edward Carus	1837 -
Weston, George Frederick	1848 -
Webster, Robert	1888 -
Gordon, Charles James	1901 -
Swann, Sidney	1905 -

sundial

BME49.jpg (taken 30.5.2006)
photograph

BQR05.jpg Organ, given to the church 1852; was previously owned by Mr Gibson.
(taken 31.5.2009)
photograph

BSG57.jpg Organ manuals and stops.
(taken 12.3.2010)
photograph

BSG58.jpg Organ, makers label:-
"WILKINSON &SONS / KENDAL." (taken 12.3.2010)
photograph

BSG59.jpg Organ, the pump lever; but notice the electric blower below.
(taken 12.3.2010)
photograph

BSG61.jpg In a corner near the altar, where the organ once stood, is a seat for the boy who pumped.
(taken 12.3.2010)
photograph

BQR06.jpg Organ pipes.
(taken 3.5.2009)
photograph

BSG60.jpg Organ pipes.
(taken 12.3.2010)
photograph

BVH84.jpg Organ pipes.
(taken 2.9.2011)
photograph

BVH85.jpg Mothers Union banner.
(taken 2.9.2011)
photograph

BSG53.jpg Font of 1818, with a palindrome in Greek, translates as 'Wash not my face only but also my sins'
(taken 12.3.2010)
photograph

BSG54.jpg Font of 1662, with the cover from the 1818 font.
(taken 12.3.2010)
photograph

CDJ20.jpg Donations box.
(taken 20.6.2015)
photograph

BVH82.jpg Notice in the porch, the masons, 1811.
(taken 2.9.2011)
photograph

BSG49.jpg Over the church door:-
"D / O M / 1811" (taken 12.3.2010)
photograph

BSG48.jpg Preaching cross.
(taken 12.3.2010)
photograph

CAA31.jpg Gate catch.
(taken 7.3.2014)

CDJ27.jpg Drawing 1878.
(taken 20.6.2015)

notes:-

The first record of a church here is when it was granted to Whitby Abbey in 1109, this may or may not have been a stone building; there might have been a stone church from about 1150. There was a rebuilding from 1240; major alterations were made about 1490. Bishop Nicholson made a visitation in 1703, reporting:-

"The fabric of ye church looks well on ye outside; being built of good freestone and beautyfied with a fair tower, ..."

Major repairs were made in 1800, lest the walls fall down, and a porch was added; in the late 19th century it was restored a former good plan.

: : church leaflet

hearsay:-

The church clock was made by W Blaylock, Carlisle, 1842. It was overhauled, and improved with an automatic winder, by Cumria Clocks, Dacre, 2006.

hearsay:-

The vicar, Sidney Swann, is remembered for a voyage from Crosby to Carlisle in a rowing boat when the river was in flood, for a bicycle ride to London, and for his attempt to build his own aeroplane; 1905-12.

dedication

person:-

: St Lawrence

place:-

Crosby Ravensworth / Carlisle Diocese

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