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| St Michael, Rampside | ||
| St Michael's Church | ||
| Rampside Church | ||
| locality:- | Rampside | |
| civil parish:- | Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | church | |
| coordinates:- | SD23926732 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2367 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD26 | |
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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 BJY33.jpg (taken 21.10.2005)  BUW05.jpg Plaque:- "THIS CHAPEL / WAS REBUILT A.D. 1840. / WM. DAWSON, MINISTER, / CHRIST[ ] LOWTHER, WARDEN. / James Wearing, Joiner. / James Holme Waller / John Holme [do.] / Wm. Bar[b]in [do.]" (taken 1.7.2011) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Hydrographic Office 1850s onwards placename:- Yarlside Church |
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| source data:- | Chart, uncoloured engraving, England West Coast sheet XI,
Fleetwood to the Firth of Solway, scale about 2.5 miles to 1
inch, by H Denham and G Williams, 1846, engraved by J and C
Walker, published by the Hydrographic Office, 1850 corrected to
1863 coast view on Admiralty chart  click to enlargeHY01P2.jpg "Yarlside Church" The church is marked on the chart, at Rampside. item:- Carlisle Library : Map 93 Image © Carlisle Library |
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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. NUR1SD26.jpg "RAMPSIDE" item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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1 cross slab grave cover; inside west wall of nave. |
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| Ryder, Peter: 2001: Cross Slab Grave Covers of Cumbria: Cumbria CC (Carlisle, Cumbria) |
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| hearsay:- |
Built 1840 on the older site of a chapel of rest, which, it is said, lay on a Saxon
burial mound. |
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| George Fox preached here. |
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| hearsay:- |
In the kirk yard is the grave stone of John Dickinson, died 1878, age 41:- |
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| "Here lies my tortured son For comfort late he had none ... It was 232 hours labour in 12 days That brought poor John to his grave" |
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| dedication | ||
| person:- | : St Michael |
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| place:- | Rampside | |
| place:- | Rampside / Carlisle Diocese | |
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