Old Cumbria Gazetteer - St Peter, Heversham

St Peter, Heversham

St Peter's Church

Heversham Church

locality:-

Heversham

civil parish:-

Heversham (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

church

coordinates:-

SD49608339

1Km square:-

SD4983

10Km square:-

SD48

references:-

: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

BQY72.jpg (taken 3.7.2009)
photograph

BQY77.jpg (taken 3.7.2009)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 15)

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.
"Church (Vicarage) / Grave Yard"

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.

J5SD48SE.jpg
church
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

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

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 153:- "..."
"[Heversham] ... a noble church, of which there is a very striking view in passing."

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.

GAR2SD48.jpg
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.

NUR1SD48.jpg
"HEVERSHAM"
item:- JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936

source data:-

Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Heversham, The Parish Church of St Peter, Heversham, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.

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HMW073.jpg
On p.109 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland.
printed, top "HEVERSHAM - The PARISH CHURCH of ST. PETER"
RCHME no. Wmd, Heversham 1
item:- Armitt Library : A745.73
Image © see bottom of page

stained glass

evidence:-

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

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST PETER / / / HEVERSHAM / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 76499 / SD4960083390"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Parish Church. C12 South arcade to nave, South arch and South porch probably C14; Chancel and North Vestry rebuilt during early C15; nave clerestory and South Chapel added or rebuilt late C15; North Chapel probably early C16. Considerable rebuilding and alteration in early C17 following a fire. Comprehensive restoration in 1868 by Paley and Austin including additional West Tower and rebuilding of Chancel arch and North arcade. Mostly limestone rubble with sandstone dressings, Vestry and East wall of Chancel coursed sandstone blocks. Lead roofs. Perpendicular style: Victorian additions. Early English. West Tower, nave with aisles, chancel with North and South chapels and North Vestry. Square 3-stage Tower with clasping buttresses to lower stages, stair turret to South West corner and small leaded spire. Gabled porch with pointed-arched openings with hood moulds: heavy oak studded inner door with early medieval ironwork. Shaft of Celtic cross in porch. Interior:3-bay nave, 2-bay Chancel. For full description, including fittings and memorials, see RCHM pp109-111."

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"DICKINSON TABLE TOMB SOUTH OF SOUTH EAST CORNER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER / / / HEVERSHAM / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76504 / SD4961283373"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Table tomb. Earliest inscription 1763, but probably erected 1770. Stone slab top; sides with 2 lozenges and central panel; West end panel angels head with wings; East end panel with lozenge. Inscription:"
"HERE lieth interred / JANE the loving and (?) / WIFE of Mr JOHN DICKINSON / of Milnthorpe / SHE departed this Life / 1 Ap MDCCLXX / Aged 43 Years"
"As also Four children viz"
"AGNES Died 1763 ) 14 years / RICHARD 12 Aug 1767 ) 16 years / ELIZAB. 25 March 1768 ) / BIRKBECK 10 Aug 1770 ) 11 years / Drowned in Bathing )"
"Mr JOHN DICKINSON / Husband and Father of the above / died August the 10th / MDCCLXXXIII / Aged 62 Years"

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"LYCH GATE TO SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST PETER / / / HEVERSHAM / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76500 / SD4960383359"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Lych Gate. Dated 1894. 2 dressed sandstone piers with chamfered plinths; timber intermediate pier; stone slates, stone ridge. Pitched roof with gablets supported on A-frame trusses with cusped windbraces and ridge-piece. The inscription on the west pier reads:-"
"TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF JOHN AUDLAND MRCS / FOR NEARLY 13 YEARS CHURCH WARDEN OF / THIS PARISH WHO DIED ON THE FEAST OF / THE PURIFICATION 1892 THIS LYCH GATE / WAS ERECTED BY HIS SONS AND DAUGHTER / AD 1894"

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"CRAMPTON TABLE TOMB TO THE SOUTH OF DOCKER TOMB / / / HEVERSHAM / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76503 / SD4960283368"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Table tomb. Earliest inscription 1760. Stone slab top; stone panels to side and ends; applied urns to corners. Inscription:"
"Here Lyeth the Remains of / Richard Crampton of Miln / thorpe who departed this Life / the 14 Day of February 1760 / In the 55 year of his Age."
"AGNES Wife of / GEORGE BOND died / November the 21 1771 / Aged 24 Years"
"ROBERT CRAMPTON / died September the 27 1773 / Aged 20 Years"
"AGNES CRAMPTON / Wife and Mother of the above / died April the 7th 17?3 / Aged 66 years"
"Also JANE CATER neice to the / above died March 14th 1825 / Aged 42 / She lived respected / and died respected"

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"DOCKER TABLE TOMB IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST PETER / / / HEVERSHAM / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76502 / SD4959783380"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Table tomb. Earliest inscription 1766. Stone slab top; 2 lozenge panels to sides; square panels to ends; mid and corner panelled pilasters. Winged angels head above the following inscription:"
"Here lieth the Body of / William Docker late of / Milnthorpe who departed / this life on the 28 Day / of November 1766 in / the 58 year of his Age"
"All you that Come my / Tomb to see When you / read it pray think on me / Repent in time make no / delay I in my glory was / snatcht away"
"William Docker Son of the above died the (?) of December 1780 aged 25 years."

evidence:-

old print:- Calverley 1899
item:- cross

source data:-

In the porch:-

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CV1113.jpg
Photograph by W L Fletcher; sketch by W G Collingwood.
item:- JandMN : 190
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old drawing:-
item:- cross

source data:-

Drawing, Anglian Cross Shaft, St Pete's Church, Heversham, Westmorland, by William Gershom Collingwood, 1899.

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PR0831.jpg
Sketch of edge of cross shaft with carved decoration of fruiting vine spiralling vertically. The cross shaft probably dates from 10th century.
Drawn to illustrate Notes on the Early Sculptured Crosses, Shrines and Monuments in the Present Diocese of Carlisle, by Rev William Slater Calverley, published by T Wilson, Kendal 1899; opposite p.202.
inscribed at bottom left:- "Heversham"
initialled at bottom right:- "W.G.C."
item:- Tullie House Museum : 1902.18.20
Image © Tullie House Museum

ring of bells

incumbents:-

Roger	1180 - 1203
Thomas	1228 -
Wassand, Alan de	1246 -
Warewike, Roger de	1280 - 1290
Hamelton, William de	1305 -
Balderston, Simon de	1322 - 1325
Wodehouse, John de	1334 -
Elton, John de	1342 - 1343
Neweland, John de	1343 - 1362
Polthowe, Adam de	1362 - 1365
Waltham, John de	1365 - 1366
Feriby, Nicholas de	1366 - 1404
Toveton, Thomas de	1404 - 1429
Arnall, Richard	1429 - 1435
Marshall, John	1435 -
Clyveland, Thomas	1453 -
Hudson, William	1499 -
Senhow, Symon	1527 -
Whalley, Edmund	1542 -
Sandes, Edwin	1542 - 1548
Thwaightes, William	1554 -
Heblethwaite, Robert	1560 -
Browne, Nicholas	1570 -
Agliff, Giles	1588 -
Radcliffe, Jeremiah	1588 - 1591
Whitwell, Thomas	1591 - 1604
Calvert, Thomas	1604 - 1621
Wakefield, James	1621 - 1626
Hudson, Richard	1627 - 1635
Bigge, Thomas	1638 - 1645
Cole, Samuel	1646 - 1650
Tatham, Richard	1654 - 1657
Wallace, John	1658 - 1662
Bigge, Thomas	1662 - 1677
Burrell, William	1677 - 1678
Milner, Thomas	1678 - 1686
Ridley, Thomas	1686 -
Farmer, George	1691 - 1724
Williams, Rev	1724 -
Murgatroyd, Rev	1727 - 1732
Smith, James	1733 - 1757
Wilson, Henry	1757 - 1797
Lawson, George	1797 - 1834
Evans, Robert Wilson	1842 - 1866
Gilbert, Thomas Morrell	1866 - 1921

sundial

notes:-

Described in:-

Butler, Lawrence (ed): 2011: Church Notes of Sir Stephen Glynne for Cumbria, 1833-1872: CWAAS:: ISBN 978 1 873124 52 9

Extracted from the original notes made by Sir Stephen, now in Deiniol's Library, Hawarden, Flintshire, contact through Flintshire Record Office

BJR87.jpg (taken 12.8.2005)
photograph

BQY74.jpg Organ by Wilkinson and Sons, Kendal,1887.
(taken 3.7.2009)
photograph

BUR45.jpg Organ, maker:-
"WILKINSON &SONS / 18 KENDAL, 87." (taken 9.6.2011)
photograph

BUR46.jpg Mothers Union banner
(taken 9.6.2011)
photograph

BUR47.jpg Memorial to Richard Bagot died 1921.
(taken 9.6.2011)
photograph

BUR48.jpg Memorial to Richard Bagot died 1921, coat of arms.
(taken 9.6.2011)
photograph

BUR50.jpg (taken 9.6.2011)
photograph

BQY73.jpg Church door.
(taken 3.7.2009)
photograph

BJR88.jpg Part of a late 9th century cross shaft, in the porch of St Peter's Church, Heversham
(taken 12.8.2005)

CAZ84.jpg Parish chest, 1400.
(taken 2.7.2014)
photograph

CAZ85.jpg Parish chest, 1400; three locks.
(taken 2.7.2014)
photograph

CAZ86.jpg Parish chest, 1400.
(taken 2.7.2014)
photograph

BUR41.jpg Parish chest, 1400.
(taken 9.6.2011)
photograph

BUR44.jpg Parish chest, 1400.
(taken 9.6.2011)

notes:-

There was probably a church of some sort on this site from the 7th century onwards. At some date about 901-25 Tilred, abbot of Heversham is recorded in a land purchase. At the end of the 11th century the advowson was granted to the abbey of St Mary, York. The building was enlarged in the 13th century; rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries; and enlarged again in the 16th century. Then:-

"Whereas illfortuned through negligence of a careless workman, being a plumber, anno Christi 1601 on Wednesday being the first day of July the Parish Church of Heversham in the county of Westmorland was utterly consumed by fire, and all implements, ornaments, books, monuments, chests, organs, bells and all other things were perished."

The church was new built and reported 'very sufficient' by 1610. There was maintenance and improvement in the 17th and 18th centuries. There was restoration in 1868, followed by the tower being pulled down and rebuilt in 1869; the church was restored in 1973.

: : church leaflet

Paley and Austin series

person:-

architect
: Paley, Edward G

person:-

architect
: Austin, Hubert J

date:-

1867
to 1869

New tower.

dedication

person:-

: St Peter

place:-

Heversham / Carlisle Diocese

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