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| St Mary, Cumrew | ||
| St Mary's Church | ||
| Cumrew Church | ||
| locality:- | Cumrew | |
| civil parish:- | Cumrew (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | church | |
| coordinates:- | NY55075032 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5550 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY55 | |
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 32 2) placename:- St John's Church |
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| 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" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Nurse 1918 |
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| 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. NUR1NY55.jpg "CUMREW" Held in plurality with Castle Carrock. item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Church of St Mary |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CHURCH OF ST MARY / / / CUMREW / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78012 / NY5506950316" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Church. Dated 1890 over entrance, on medieval site, by George Dale Oliver. Rock faced red sandstone with ashlar dressings and angle buttresses; graduated green slate roof with coped gables and decorative ridge tiles. 3-storey north- west tower/porch; 3-bay nave; single-bay chancel with north vestry. Square tower has plank doors with trefoil arch in pointed moulded recess, pointed hood mould. Pointed and square lancet windows with louvred bell openings; corbelled and battlemented parapet; projecting stair turret in angle between nave and tower. Nave has 2-light lancet windows with trefoil heads; 4-light west window with trefoil heads and plate tracery. Chancel has similar 2-light windows and east window similar to west window; external wall plaque from the original church, to members of the Gill family 1767-1871. Interior has open timber roof to nave and chancel. Furnishings and fittings all early C20. Stained glass in east and 3 other windows is of 1890 and unsigned. Effigy grave slab beside pulpit, thought to be Jeanne, wife of William Dacre, early C14. Pulpit and font are inscribed and dated 1890. Pre-reformation inscribed bell; one of 1750 and other bell is dated 1901 by inscribed brass plaque on church wall." |
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 CAW32.jpg Memorial to Elizabth Gill d.1767 and John Gill d.1778. (taken 6.6.2014)  CAW33.jpg Memorial to John and Elizabeth Gill, coat of arms. (taken 6.6.2014)  CGG75.jpg Notice, organs and fire:- "DESTRUCTION OF CHURCHES / BY FIRES ORIGINATING IN THE ORGANS. / 1. The Organ is damp, a lamp or stove is placed in it and left to burn all night with the result of setting it on fire. / 2. The Organist, the Blower, the Tuner, or a workman making repairs strikes a match, or lights a spirit lamp, taper, or candle, which he leaves burning, with the result of setting the Organ on fire. / 3. The music desk lights are moveable brackets which can be placed so that the candel touch woodwork, this done once, and the whole is set on fire. / ECCLESIASTICAL INSURANCE OFFICE, Lim., 11 Norfolk Street, Strand, London, W.C." (taken 21.7.2017) |
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| hearsay:- |
Architect George Dale Oliver, 1890. |
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| Defaced female effigy, 14th century, in the graveyard. |
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| dedication | ||
| person:- | : St Mary |
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| place:- | Cumrew / Carlisle Diocese | |
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