Old Cumbria Gazetteer - St Peter, Askham

St Peter, Askham

St Peter's Church

Askham Church

locality:-

Askham

civil parish:-

Askham (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

church

coordinates:-

NY51812385

1Km square:-

NY5123

10Km square:-

NY52

references:-

: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

BJT78.jpg (taken 22.8.2005)
photograph

CAS87.jpg (taken 23.5.2014)

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 print:- Green 1814 (plate 58)
placename:- Askham Church

source data:-

Print, tinted soft ground etching, Askham Church, Askham, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.

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Plate 58 in Sixty Small Prints.
printed at top right:- "58"
printed at bottom:- "ASKHAM CHURCH. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6653.58
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old print:- Green 1814 (plate 58)
placename:- Askham Church

source data:-

Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Askham Church, Askham, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.

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Plate 58 in Sixty Small Prints.
printed at top right:- "58"
printed at bottom:- "ASKHAM CHURCH. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6656.58
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old text:- Green 1814

source data:-

Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Small Prints, with text, A Description of a Series of Sixty Small Prints, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.

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page 33:- "..."
"Askham Church is delightfully situated on the western banks of the river Lowther; and the bridge over that river, at the end of the village of Askham, is seen beyond the church: the vicarage, which commands a fine view of the river, adjoins the churchyard. Lowther rectory appears on the left of the church."

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag

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.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.514
From the Compendium of County History:- "In ASKHAM Church are several old monuments; and a stone coffin has been found of the date of 1346."

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)

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 135:- "..."
"[Askham] ... The church is a small edifice, dedicated to St. Peter, having a large chapel belonging to the hall. ..."

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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"ASKHAM"
United benefice cum Lowther, but separate parish.
item:- JandMN : 27
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evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:- Church of St Peter

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST PETER / / / ASKHAM / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 74406 / NY5181823856"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Parish church. Dated over entrance 1832, by Sir Robert Smirke (who was also the architect of the nearby Lowther Castle), incorporating features from the medieval church on this site. Snecked calciferous sandstone ashlar with eaves cornice and raised quoins, on chamfered plinth. Graduated green slate roof with coped gables and cross finials. Square south-west tower, 4-bay nave/chancel with north transept and south aisle. Tower has round-arched studded south door, round-headed windows and round-headed twin bell openings. Nave has west studded doors in pointed arch under 3-light window. Each side has round-headed windows. 3-light east window. Interior has 4-bay Gothic-arched arcade. Rear gallery, panelled pulpit and C19 panelled oak pews, the ends carved with Lowther arms. Various C19 white marble wall plaques. Transept was the burial chapel of the Sandford family of Askham Hall, hence C17 and C18 wall plaques to members of that family. Stem and bowl font dated 1661. C19 creed and pater boards."

incumbents:-

Seterington, William de	1295 -
Matson, William de	1300 - 1346 ?
Claworth, John	1300 - 1346 ?
Dale, Robert le	1346 -
Wynteringham, John de	1359 -
Ferriby, Robert de	1359 -
Holme, Henry de	1375 -
Merton, John de	1380 -
Danby, John	1437 -
Wresyl, Robert	1448 -
Walter, Thomas	1448 -
Wilson, John	1513 -
Ayray, John	1563 -
Simpson, John	1573 -
Warwick, Thomas	1604 -
Hutchinson, John	1611 -
Hutchinson, Lancelot	1611 -
James, Joseph	1678 -
Bell, Thomas	1681 -
Sisson, John	1695 -
Seed, Jeremiah	1696 -
Chambers, Archer	1707 -
Sisson, Lancelot	1711 -
Bowness, Jeffrey	1711 -
Milner, William	1723 -
Cautley, John	1776 -
Bowstead, John	1792 -
Ward, James Thornborrow	1832 -
Bland, Joseph	1863 -
Baker, Charles H C	1872 -
Holland, Steward	1878 -
Southey, C C	1885 -
Freeman, Gage Earl	1889 -
Kitchin, J A	1904 -

listed tombs

BJW49.jpg Altar frontal, the 'green' frontal for Trinity and Epiphany,in a series of four made by Josephine Ratcliff, Preston, Lancashire, 1997-2000; landscape around Askham, Knipe Scar, wild ponies, ...
(taken 29.9.2005)
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