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St Mary, Hayton
St Mary's Church
Hayton Church
locality:-   Hayton
civil parish:-   Hayton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY50775769
1Km square:-   NY5057
10Km square:-   NY55
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


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BOD60.jpg (taken 7.9.2007)  
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BUZ80.jpg (taken 22.7.2011)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 17 16) 
placename:-  St Mary'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. Marys 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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NUR1NY55.jpg
"HAYTON WITH TALKIN"
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

 notes about bells

 stained glass

 kneelers

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Church of St Mary Magdalen
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALEN / / / HAYTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 78037 / NY5078657692"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Church. On medieval site, present church dated 1780 with Latin inscription over entrance; side chapel 1793 for Graham family, chancel rebuilt 1842 (dated on interior inscription stone), restoration 1888. Red sandstone coursed rubble on chamfered plinth has ashlar quoins with V-shaped joints and shaped cornice; graduated slate roof with coped gables and kneelers. Small square 3-storey west tower/porch; 5-bay nave with north 3-bay side chapel, having separate stepped entrance; 2-bay chancel has north vestry. Tower has plank door with alternate block surround and keyed entablature, round arched window with similar bell opening above with wooden louvred vents; clock faces to 3 sides; battlemented parapet with pointed corner pinnacles. Nave has round arched windows with projecting impost blocks and false keystones; wall sundial. Side chapel has similar windows, entrance has pilaster strip surround and false keystone. Chancel has similar windows. Interior: open timber ceiling supported on shaped corbel stones: side chapel screen of elliptical arches on clustered circular columns: pews and furnishings all late C19 or early C20. Stained glass by Charles Evan of London 1888 and W.H.A. Ward, London 1907. Porch has internal door with radial fanlight. Side chapel has white marble wall plaques to the Grahams of Edmond Castle. 0.S. Bench mark on tower quoin."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCHYARD RAILINGS, WALL, GATES AND GATEPIERS, WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE / / / HAYTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78038 / NY5077057688"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Railings enclosing churchyard west of church. Probably late C19. North and west entrances have squared sandstone piers with chamfered angles and caps; wrought iron gates have spiked rails; north entrance has arched iron lamp over bracket. Low sandstone wall with chamfered coping has cast railings with pointed heads. Included partly for G.V. with nearby church."

 memorials

 sundial


photograph
BOD61.jpg  Stone over the church door:-
"Haec Ecclesia / libe[ ] condita / Parochiale Impe[ ] / Anno Sal[u]tis / MDCCLXXX / Laus Deo" (taken 7.9.2007)  
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BUZ82.jpg  Organ.
(taken 22.7.2011)  
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BUZ81.jpg  Mothers Union banner.
(taken 22.7.2011)  
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CEA78.jpg  Boot scraper.
(taken 9.10.2015)  
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BUZ83.jpg  Church gate.
(taken 22.7.2011)  

dedication
person:-    : St Mary Magdalene
place:-   Hayton / Carlisle Diocese

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