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| St Mary, Sebergham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St Mary's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sebergham Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| locality:- | Churchtown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| locality:- | Sebergham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| civil parish:- | Sebergham (formerly Cumberland) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| county:- | Cumbria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| locality type:- | church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| coordinates:- | NY36404185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Km square:- | NY3641 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Km square:- | NY34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 38 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 text:- Gents Mag |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1819 part 1 p.508 From the Compendium of County History:- "In Sebergham church is a monument of its native poet Josiah Ralph, who was curate here from 1733 till his death in 1743. His poems were published by his successor in the curacy, the Rev. Thomas Denton, who was himself author of two poems, and compiled the supplemental volume of the Biographical Dictionary. He died in 1777." |
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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. NUR1NY34.jpg "WELTON WITH SEBERGHAM" 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 / / / SEBERGHAM / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 72471 / NY3640841853" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Parish church. Medieval with repairs of 1774 and 1785, tower 1825 and 1905 restoration. Mixed large and small blocks of red sandstone. Graduated greenslate roof with coped gables. Thin 3-storey west tower/porch; 3-bay nave and lower single-bay chancel. Side entrance in tower has alternate-block surround and voussoirs; external stone steps to first floor west doorway, with louvred vents above, under battlemented parapet with pinnacles. Nave has blocked segmental-arched north door. 2-light Tudor window and original lancet window. South wall has been heavily restored with 2- and 3-light 1905 windows. Chancel has 4 original lancet windows. 3-light east window of 1905. Interior of nave: open timber ceiling of 1905 and 3-light oriel window over west door of same date. Wall plaques to various local families, one to Thomas Watson 1823 by Musgrave Lewthwaite Watson with sculptured panel after Fuseli's Three Witches (illustrated by Pevsner, Buildings of England, Cumberland and Westmorland volume, plate 57). Chancel has flat Tudor-style timber ceiling. Lancet windows have rear arches. Wall plaque with coats-of-arms to Thomas Denton, 1616." |
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| notes:- |
A hermit, William Wastell, built a cell on this site about 1188, with a chapel by
it. A church was built on the site; a tower was added in 1825; the whole was restored
in 1880; and again in 1905. |
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| person:- | : St Mary |
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| place:- | Sebergham / Carlisle Diocese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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