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St Michael, Arlecdon
St Michael's Church
Arlecdon Church
locality:-   Arlecdon
civil parish:-   Arlecdon and Frizington (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY05211986
1Km square:-   NY0519
10Km square:-   NY01
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

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BSI14.jpg (taken 19.3.2010)  
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BSI15.jpg (taken 19.3.2010)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 62 13) 
placename:-  St Michael'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. Michael's 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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NUR1NY01.jpg
"ARLECDON"
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Church of St Michael
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL / / / ARLECDON AND FRIZINGTON / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76097 / NY0522019864"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Parish Church, founded C12. Restored 1776; nave rebuilt 1829. Remodelled, and tower added, c1904 (date on rainwater heads). East end and north side of chancel ashlar on plinth, rest rough-dressed snecked rubble. Stepped buttressing to tower; blocking courses to nave and chancel (castellated in part). Graduated slate roofs with stone coping and apex cross to east end. West tower with baptistry, nave, chancel, and north chapel. 3-stage castellated tower has perpendicular detailing, including traceried west window and paired belfry openings. Polygonal baptistry on south side; 4-centred head to porch door on right. 3 lancets with hoodmoulds to each side of nave. 3 stepped lancets under continuous hoodmould to east end. Paired lancets to north chapel. Interior: Plastered nave with painted frieze; king-post roof trusses with Gothic panelling to sides. Pointed chancel arch c1630 rebuilt with parts of original C12 arch visible. Narrow chancel has blocked (C17?) door on south side. Painted, carved stone Gothic reredos. Painted, carved stone polygonal pulpit. Font in babistry has large octagonal bowl dated 1578. C19 stained glass in nave by various artists. Stained glass panels re-used in east windows of various dates up to early C19, with some possibly C16."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"LYCH GATE AND CHURCHYARD WALL, INCORPORATING DRINKING TROUGH AND BELVEDERE, TO WEST OF ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH / / / ARLECDON AND FRIZINGTON / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76098 / NY0518719844"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Lych gate and wall, c1903. Low ashlar wall c3 ft high. Splayed wooden superstructure to gate stands on battered ashlar plinths with integral stone benches to their inner returns; woodwork has Gothic cusping and inscription. Graduated slate roof has cross in small gabled opening to centre front. Drinking trough in niche to left has semicircular bowl with inscription above. Belvedere at corner has entrances from roadside and churchyard; 2 circular-plan projections with stone bench to rear. Castellated snecked rubble wall adjoining to west of belvedere has drum-shaped end pier with battered plinth and conical cap."
 ring of bells
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 1 cross slab grave cover.

Ryder, Peter: 2001: Cross Slab Grave Covers of Cumbria: Cumbria CC (Carlisle, Cumbria)

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CDK89.jpg  Drinking fountain at the lych gate.
(taken 23.6.2015)  
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CGO30.jpg  Lych gate, war memorial, World War I.
(taken 15.9.2017)  
notes:-  
 Built 1904.
dedication
person:-    : St Michael
place:-   Arlecdon / Carlisle Diocese
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