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St Patrick, Patterdale
St Patrick's Church
Patterdale Church
locality:-   Patterdale
civil parish:-   Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY39291611
1Km square:-   NY3916
10Km square:-   NY31
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

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BQG58.jpg (taken 17.3.2009)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 12 11) 
placename:-  St Patrick'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 Patrick's Church (Per Curacy) / Grave Yard"
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull) 
placename:-  Patterdale Church
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Accurate Map of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"Patterdale Church"
marked by a cross. 
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.7
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evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
item:-  spinning; gully wife; houdy wife; yew
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 31:-  "... [Patterdale] ... The church is a perpetual curacy, and was worth about L.13 per annum till the year 1743, when the interest of L.200 was allotted to it by the governors of Queen Ann's bounty: with this addition it is now worth a-"
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Page 32:-  "[a]bout L.24 per annum. Mr Mattinson, the late incumbent, (who died about the year 1770,) was of so singular a character, that a sketch of his life will, I hope, prove not unentertaining. His birth-place I cannot find; but it appears that he buried and married both his father and his mother, baptized his own wife when an infant one month old, and when she became marriageable published the banns himself. He and his wife carded and spun that part of the tithe-wool which fell to his lot, viz. one third; and of so saving and penurious a disposition was he, that he died worth more money than his whole income would have gained him had it been laid out at compound interest. A school which he taught added about L.5 to his income; but even this will hardly account for the sums he left at his death, which happened in the 96th year of his age, after having served this curacy for 56 years. His wife was equally eminent as a midwife, performing her operations for the small sum of one shilling: but as, according to ancient custom, she was likewise cook at the christening dinner, she received some culinary perquisites that somewhat increased her profits. On these occasions, none more devoutly prayed for the speedy recovery of the good wife; a quick return of these comforts, &c. I cannot imagine from what, (unless the old custom of cooking,) these venerable matrons have obtained the name of Gully-Wives and Houdy-Wives; both of these names mean nearly the same thing, Houdy being derived from houwen, which in the Dutch signifies cutting. One thing more I must beg leave to mention concerning Mrs Mattinson: On the day of her marriage, her father boasted that his two daughters were married to the two best men in Patterdale, the priest and the bagpiper. Notwithstanding the avarice of the priest, after his death his widow and children spent all he had amassed, and she was obliged to seek support in the College of Matrons at Wigton."
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Page 32:-  "... In the church-yard is a prodigiously large yew-tree, whose branches formerly overhung the road, but is now falling to decay."
evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater) 
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Church"
Drawn by a house symbol. 
item:-  private collection : 10.4
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evidence:-   old painting:- Green 1790s-1820s
item:-  sheep
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Patterdale Church, St Patrick's Church, Patterdale, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1800s-10s?
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item:-  Dove Cottage : 1998.72.3
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1810 (plate 57) 
placename:-  Patterdale Church
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Patterdale Church, St Patrick's Church, Patterdale, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1809.
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Plate 57 in Sixty Studies from Nature, 1810. 
printed at top right:-  "57"
printed at bottom:-  "PATTERDALE CHURCH. / [Drawn &Engraved by William Green, and Published] at Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809."
watermark:-  "J WHATMAN / 1813"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6641.57
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1810 (plate 58) 
item:-  yew tree; tree
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Yew Tree in Patterdale Church Yard, St Patrick's Church, Patterdale, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1808.
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Plate 58 in Sixty Studies from Nature, 1810. 
printed at top right:-  "58"
printed at bottom:-  "YEW TREE IN PATTERDALE CHURCH YARD. / Drawn and Engraved by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1808."
watermark:-  "J WHATMAN / 1813"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6641.58
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evidence:-   old print:- Fielding and Walton 1821 (plate 45) 
placename:-  Patterdale Church
source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Patterdale Church, St Patrick's Church, Patterdale, Westmorland, drawn by John Walton, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821.
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Tipped in opposite p.277 in A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 1993.R566.45
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
item:-  yew; tree
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 148:-  "..."
"Patterdale chapel stands on one side of the road, with scarcely a single tombstone in its burial-ground, its noble tree, the solemn yew, adding dignity even to the hallowed ground."
"'These dalesmen trust
The lingering gleam of their departed lives
To oral records and the silent heart -
Depository faithful, and more kind
Than fondest epitaphs; for, if that fail,
What boots the sculptur'd tomb?'"
evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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cross, a church 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  yew; tree
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, St Patrick's Church, Patterdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS317
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  yew; tree
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, St Patrick's Church, Patterdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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The fallen tree was a yew. 
internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS318
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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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"PATTERDALE"
item:-  JandMN : 27
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 stained glass
evidence:-   old print:- Bogg 1898
item:-  yew; tree
source data:-   Print, engraving, Patterdale Church, St Patrick's Church, Patterdale, Westmorland, by Owen Bowen, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
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Included on p.125 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. 
item:-  JandMN : 231.31
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evidence:-   old print:- Fielding and Walton 1821 (plate 45) 
placename:-  Patterdale Church
source data:-   Print, hand coloured aquatint, Patterdale Church, Ullswater Head, Westmorland, drawn by John Walton, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821.
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Plate 45 in A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom left, centre:-  "J. Walton delt. / PATTERDALE CHURCH, ULLSWATER HEAD. / Published March 1, 1821, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand."
item:-  private collection : 115
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1809
placename:-  Patterdale Church
item:-  yew; tree
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Patterdale Church, St Patrick's Church, Patterdale, Westmorland, by William Green, published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1809.
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Plate 40 in Seventy Eight Studies from Nature. 
printed in introductory pages to set of prints:-  "Number 40. The church in Patterdale is a good object from many parts of the vale; it lies on the left of the road, about a quarter of a mile from the Inn, and is between it and the lake; the Yew tree, picturesque in ruin, is said formerly to have shaded considerably more ground than it does at present, which is probable, from the trunk being out of proportion with its impending branches."
printed at bottom:-  "PATTERDALE CHURCH. / Published Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809, by W. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6637.40
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1809
placename:-  Patterdale Church
item:-  oak; tree
source data:-   Print, Patterdale Church, St Patrick's Church, Patterdale, drawn and engraved by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1809.
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Composition dominated by an ancient yew tree in centre foreground. Beyond it stands Patterdale Church, the grounds in which it stands being bounded by a drystone wall. Beyond this grows dense woodland with distant fells rising beyond. 
printed at bottom centre:-  "PATTERDALE CHURCH. Published Ambleside Augst 1st 1809 by W. Green"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.92.6
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Patterdale, drawn by J M W Turner, engraved by J Heath, published by J Mawman, Poultry, London, 1805.
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St Patrick's Church in the midground. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Drawn by J. M. W. Turner R.A. / Engrav'd by J. Heath. / London, Published May 1. 1805, by J. Mawman, Poultry. / PATTERDALE."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.376
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evidence:-   old print with text:- Farington 1789 (plate 12) 
source data:-   Print, engraving, Patterdale from Martendale Fell, painted by Joseph Farington, engraved by W Byrne and T Medland, published by W Byrne, 79 Titchfield Street, London, 1788.
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St Patrick's Church is beneath St Sunday Crag. 
Plate 12 from Views of the Lakes, &c, in Cumberland and Westmorland, published 1789; with descriptive text:-  "PATTERDALE, from MARTINDALE-FELL."
"...looking over a Bay of the Lake, directly into Patterdale, where the Chapel and Palace are conspicuous. ..."
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.26
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evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  St Patrick's Church ???
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Patterdale Old Church, St Patrick's Church, Patterdale, Westmorland, before 1853.
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"Patterdale Old Church"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.74
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incumbents:-  
Abbott, Adam  1581 -  
Hirde, Michael  1623 -  before 
Birkett, Peter  1623 -  
Langhorne, Mr  1675 -  
Kilner, Edmund  1690 -  
Mattinson, John  1706 -  
Watt, John  1755 -  
Dockray, Richard  1755 -  
Thompson, Thomas  1765 -  
Thompson, John  1800 -  
Heelis, John  1850 -  
Bland, Joseph  1853 -  
Rooke, William Thomas  1857 -  
Falcon, John  1873 -  
Hodson, Thomas  1875 -  
Pattinson, William  1878 -  
Mitchell, Thomas  1888 -  
Hale, Bernard G  1892 -  
Morris, William F  1899 -  

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CAM07.jpg  Organ.
(taken 29.4.2014)  
:-  
 The embroidered hangings by Ann Macbeth also include The Nativity, a digital printed copy of the original which is in the collection of a Glasgow museum.
MN photo:-  

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BQG57.jpg  The Good Shepherd, embroidered hanging by Ann Macbeth. Christ is depicted as a shepherd, the background is Patterdale; the music is from Jerusalem by Parry.
(taken 17.3.2009)  
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BQG60.jpg  Embroidered hanging by Ann Macbeth.
(taken 17.3.2009)  
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BQG59.jpg  Embroidered hanging.
(taken 17.3.2009)  
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BQG55.jpg  Ann Macbeth, 1900.
(taken 17.3.2009)  
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BQG61.jpg  White ensign from a ship involved in the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916.
(taken 17.3.2009)  
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BQG54.jpg  Gravestone:-
"Sacred TO THE Memory / of / JOHN MOUNSEY, / OF PATTERDALE-HALL / who departed this Life, Febry. 1st. / 1821. Aged 63 Years. / Also of MARY MOUNSEY his Widow / who departed this life on the 12th. Day / of April 1847, Aged 89 Years. / Also of George his Son died / April 11th. 1817 aged 51 years. / Also John his Son Attorney / in Law died Jan. 13th. 1830. / Aged 51 Years. / Also of JANE HIS DAUGHTER who DEPARTED / THIS LIFE ON THE 27TH. OF NOVEMBER 1832, / AGED 42 YEARS. / Also OF WILLIAM HIS SON, WHO DIED ON THE / 18TH. DAY OF AUGUST 1838, AGED 40 YEARS. / ALSO OF JANE HIS WIFE, WHO DEPARTED / THIS LIFE, ON THE 16TH. OF OCTOBER 1839. / AGED 46 YEARS." (taken 17.3.2009)  
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BQG53.jpg  Gravestone:-
"The Lord is my Shepherd / Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN MOUNSEY / OF GREENBANK, DEEPDALE, YEOMAN / WHO DIED ON THE 1ST. DAY OF DECEMBER / 1859. AGED 41 YEARS. / ALSO OF HANNAH HIS WIFE / WHO DIED AT PENRITH ON THE 26TH. / DAY OF MARCH 1902, AGED 79 YEARS. / ALSO OF MARY JANE THEIR DAUGHTER / WHO DIED AT PENRITH ON THE 14TH. / DAY OF AUGUST 1866, AGED 20 YEARS." (taken 17.3.2009)  

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BXI25.jpg  New church and old yew, which fell in a storm 1873.
(taken 18.9.2012)  
The yew was said to have been there when St Patrick visited the dale.
notes:-  
 There was a chapel in one place or another as early as 1348. A church was built in 1600. The present building dates from 1853, architect Anthony Salvin, built after damaged by a snow storm in 1852.

: : church leaflet
Ives, Marjorie: 1989 (?): History of Patterdale and its Parish Church
dedication
person:-    : St Patrick
place:-   Patterdale / Carlisle Diocese
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