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| St Mary, Rockcliffe | ||
| St Mary's Church | ||
| Rockcliffe Church | ||
| locality:- | Rockcliffe | |
| civil parish:- | Rockcliffe (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | church | |
| coordinates:- | NY35886165 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3561 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY36 | |
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 16 6) placename:- St Mary'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. Mary'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. NUR1NY36.jpg "ROCKLIFF WITH CARGO" 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 / / / ROCKCLIFFE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 77941 / NY3588061643" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Church. 1848, by James Stewart of Carlisle, replacing medieval church, tower rebuilt 1900 after being struck by lightning in 1899. Snecked calciferous sandstone with chamfered plinth, angle buttresses, string courses, decorated cornice; graduated green slate roof with coped gable, with cross finials and kneelers. South-west 3 storey porch/tower, 3 bay nave with north trancept, single bay chancel. Tower has pointed arch entrance with moulded surround. Pointed lancets have tracery heads and hood moulds; recessed mullioned panels above. Broach spire with high lucarnes and weather vane. Nave has pointed lancets with tracery heads and hood moulds. Similar windows to chancel. East and west windows have stained glass of 1849 bv John Scott of Carlisle." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CHURCHYARD CROSS, SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MARY / / / ROCKCLIFFE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / I / 77942 / NY3589361616" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Churchyard Cross. C10 or Cll, Calciferous sandstone. Shaft has 2 broad raised bands with carved decorations of dragons and interlace; surmounted by carved wheel-head cross. Details of the design are much weathered. See, Rev Calverly, Crosses. p.257." |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Calverley 1899 item:- cross |
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| source data:- | In the churchyard:- click to enlargeCV1136.jpg Lithograph by W S Calverley. item:- JandMN : 190 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | perhaps old painting:- |
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| source data:- | Painting, watercolour, Rockcliffe Old Church, St Mary's Church? Rockcliffe, Cumberland,
by William Henry Nutter, 1843. click to enlargePR0873.jpg Autumn; Rockcliffe church and its graveyard stand on a hillock in centre of composition to right of which a stream flows into the estuary beyond. To left, the lone figure of a man dressed in black stands in contemplation of a grave bounded by slender iron railings. To the left of the church a number of houses stand, their chimneys smoking. signed &dated at bottom left:- "W.H. Nutter 1843" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1922.7.4 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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| notes about cross slabs |
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 BWT60.jpg Organ, by Eustace Ingram, London, late 19th century. (taken 31.8.2007)  BWT61.jpg Organ, by Eustace Ingram, London, late 19th century. (taken 31.8.2007)  BWT62.jpg Organ maker's plates:- "EUSTACE INGRAM / 861, LIVERPOOL ROAD, / LONDON, N. / GOLD MEDAL EDINBURGH, 1890." "TUNED BY / RUSHWORTH &DREAPER LTD., ..." (taken 31.8.2007)  BWT56.jpg Mothers Union banner. (taken 31.8.2007)  BWT57.jpg Memorial, Major George Stevenson Mounsey, died 1877. (taken 31.8.2007)  BWT58.jpg Memorial, Captain William Mounsey, died 1830. (taken 31.8.2007)  BWT59.jpg Ship on Captain Mounsey's memorial. (taken 31.8.2007)  BOA68.jpg Church gates. (taken 31.8.2007)  BOA69.jpg The stile. (taken 31.8.2007)  BOA70.jpg The gravestone of Rev William Robinson:- "... I LIVING PLANTED TREES, OF ONE IS MADE THIS CHEST WHEREIN MY BODY NOW IS LAID ..." (taken 31.8.2007) |
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| notes:- |
Built in 1848, and rebuilt after lightning destroyed spire and most of the roof, 1899. |
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| hearsay:- |
The turret clock was made by John Blaylock, Carlisle, 1849. It has dead beat escapement
and rack striking for the hours and half hours. |
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| dedication | ||
| person:- | : St Mary |
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| place:- | Rockcliffe / Carlisle Diocese | |
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