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St Paul, Witherslack
St Paul's Church
Witherslack Church
locality:-   Witherslack
civil parish:-   Witherslack (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   SD43178419
1Km square:-   SD4384
10Km square:-   SD48
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

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BLM74.jpg (taken 31.12.2005)  
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BLM76.jpg (taken 31.12.2005)  
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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church 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
placename:-  St Paul's Church
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
image CAM2P153, button  goto source
Page 153:-  "..."
"West from hence lies Witherslack, in which manor a fair parochial chapel was built and endowed by Dr. John Barwick dean of Durham and St. Paul's 1664, a native of the place, and consecrated 1671 by bishop Wilkins, and dedicated to St. Paul. Betham, the parish church, is at a great distance. ..."
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
Image © see bottom of page
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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"WITHERSLACK"
item:-  JandMN : 27
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Witherslack The Parish Church of St Paul, Witherslack, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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HMW145.jpg
On p.248 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
printed, top  "WITHERSLACK / The PARISH CHURCH of ST.PAUL"
RCHME no. Wmd, Witherslack 1 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.146
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 stained glass
 hatchments
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Church of St Paul
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST PAUL / / CHURCH ROAD / WITHERSLACK / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 77136 / SD4317484191"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Church. 1664-71; heightened and vestry added 1768. For Peter Barwick with money left by Dean John Barwick. Roughcast stone rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roof. Single vessel nave and chancel, west tower, north vestry and south porch. Slate slabs to base on south and east facades; modillioned cornice to south facade. 4 straight-headed double-chamfered-mullioned windows to north and south facades, of 3 lights, round-headed above and below transom, and with label moulds, those parts above transoms inserted 1768. South facade has gabled porch to west end, with coped gable and ball finial; round-headed entrance has continuous moulding, hoodmould, and studded door with strap hinges, wooden lock, and latch; similar entrance between 1st and 2nd windows has ogee-headed plaque above inscribed: "REVEREND JOHN/BARWICK S.T.D/BORN IN THIS/HAMLET LATE/DEAN OF S PAUL'S/BUILT THIS CHAPPELL/A.D.1664". North facade has small pulpit window between 2nd and 3rd windows, 2-light wooden mullioned frame with leaded glazing; small gabled vestry to east end has pointed entrance to west and east window of 3 round-headed lights, leaded glazing with opening light. East facade has segmental-headed window of 5 stepped lights, round-headed above and below transom, hoodmould; ball finial to gable. West tower has stepped base and projecting embattled parapet; window of 2 round-headed lights, leaded glazing and opening light to west face, 2nd stage has similar single lights to west and north, square clock face with single hand, 1731, to south; top stage has openings of 2 round-headed lights with slate louvres, 2 rainwater heads to west. Interior: coved ceiling has cornice and ceiling rose; Ionic screen of 2 columns and pilasters to east end. Entrance to tower baptistry has architrave, frieze and modillioned cornice. Plain round font on square base. Late C17 pulpit with relief panels and C19 tester, reading desk made from similar panels; taken from original 3-decker pulpit. Painted boards with Barwick and Derby arms; Royal arms, 1710; board recording repairs, 1768. Pews and choir stalls with relief panels and ball finials, 1880. Wood memorial to Ann Thornborrow, 1770, architrave, frieze and broken pediment. Geoffrey Stanley, infant died 1871, marble effigy of baby; alabaster memorial to Earl of Derby died 1908. Arcaded altar rail and Jacobean-style reredos, 1880. Lords prayer, creed and commandment boards. Memorial to Dean Barwick, latin inscription, 1664; family of Rev J. Barwick, 1766. Painted glass to east window, attributed to Henry Gyles of York, cherubs, Derby and Barwick arms, cross, nails and "IHS" surrounded by rays with inscribed ribbands. A rare example of a church of this date."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GATEPIERS AND OVERTHROW TO SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST PAUL / / CHURCH ROAD / WITHERSLACK / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 77138 / SD4318484162"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Gatepiers and overthrow. Probably mid C18. Ashlar and wrought iron. Square piers have relief decorative panels to south side and to frieze of top entablatures. Caps have pineapple finials. Twisted iron overthrow with lantern. Late C20 enriched paired gates."
incumbents:-  
Brockbank, John  1671 -  
Ion, Richard  1712 -  
Hunter, John  1742 -  
Dawson, John  1778 -  
Woocock, W J  1843 -  
Postlethwaite, Thomas M  1845 -  
Rubie, George  1888 -  
Butterworth, John C  1889 -  
Hutton, Frederick R C  1896 -  
Scotter, William H  1901 -  
 sundial

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BLM79.jpg  Royal coat of arms of Queen Anne, 1710, after the Union with Scotland in 1707.
(taken 31.12.2005)  
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BLM80.jpg  Organ.
(taken 31.12.2005)  
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BNC37.jpg  Organ pipes.
(taken 15.12.2006)  
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BNC38.jpg  Organ pipes.
(taken 15.12.2006)  
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CCI29.jpg  Mothers Union banner.
(taken 4.2.2015)  
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BVU30.jpg  Parish chest?
(taken 6.1.2012)  
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CCI31.jpg  Bell ropes.
(taken 4.2.2015)  
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CCI30.jpg  Notice of church repairs, 1768.
(taken 4.2.2015)  
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BLM75.jpg  Memorial stone:-
"REVEREND IOHN BARWICK S.T.D. BORN IN THIS HAMLET LATE DEAN OF S. PAULS BUILT THIS CHAPPEL A.D. 1664" (taken 31.12.2005)  
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BQI23.jpg  Memorial to Frederick Arthur Stanley 16th Earl of Derby d.1908, and his wife.
(taken 29.3.2009)  
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CCI22.jpg  Clock dial, single hand.
(taken 4.2.2015)  
hearsay:-  
 The church was built with a bequest from John Barwick, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London, 1664; completed 1669. John Barwick was born in Witherslack. The pews were originally lengthways. Extensive alterations 1768. The yews in the churchyard were planted in the 17th century, and are known as the Twelve Apostles

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CCI32.jpg  Yew trees.
(taken 4.2.2015)  
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CCI33.jpg  Yew trees.
(taken 4.2.2015)  
Paley and Austin series
person:-   architect
 : Paley, Edward G
person:-   architect
 : Austin, Hubert J
person:-   architect
 : Paley, Henry A
date:-   1889
New reredos.
dedication
person:-    : St Paul
place:-   Witherslack / Carlisle Diocese
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