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| St Peter, Kirkbampton | ||
| St Peter's Church | ||
| Kirkbampton Church | ||
| locality:- | Kirkbampton | |
| civil parish:- | Kirkbampton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | church | |
| coordinates:- | NY30525647 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3056 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 22 3) |
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| 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 (Rectory) / Grave Yard" |
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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. NUR1NY35.jpg "KIRKBAMPTON" item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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| stained glass |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Church of St Peter |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CHURCH OF ST PETER / / / KIRKBAMPTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / I / 71925 / NY3052656465" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Church. C12, restored 1870-71 and again in 1882 dated on rainwater heads. Squared and coursed red and calciferous sandstone (some from the nearby Roman Wall); graduated greenslate roof with coped gables; sandstone slate on chancel. 3-bay nave with west open bellcote for 2 bells; and north porch. 2-bay chancel with north organ chamber and vestry. C19 gabled stone porch; entrance to nave has narrow Norman arch with column shafts and zigzag decoration, figurative sculptured tympanum. C19 2-light panel tracery windows with hood moulds. Chancel: 3-light east window, original Norman lancet in south wall, head of a similar lancet has been rebuilt in north wall of organ chamber. Blocked south door is Norman with tympanum of geometric design in different coloured stone in 3 horizontal bands. Interior has late C19 furnishings and fittings, C19 panelled wooden ceiling in nave. Norman chancel arch with zigzag decoration and scallop capitals. Trefoil-head piscina with arched recess to right. Roman sculptured and inscribed stone from the Roman Wall found during C19 restoration has been rebuilt into south wall. C19 barrel-vaulted timber roof in chancel. East window stained glass of 1871 by Morris & Co., one other window of 1885 by E.R. Suffling. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian &Archaeological Society, new series, xiii, pp252-4." |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Calverley 1899 item:- tympanum |
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| source data:- | Tympanum:- click to enlargeCV1119.jpg Sketch by W G Collingwood. item:- JandMN : 190 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old drawing:- item:- tympanum |
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| source data:- | Drawing, Tympanum, Kirkbampton, St Peter's Church, Cumberland, by William Gershom
Collingwood, 1899. click to enlargePR0853.jpg Sketch of crudely carved tympanum; to right, a male figure with a staff in his right hand holds a ?sling in his left. Remainder of pictorial decoration defaced. The tympanum is thought to be Saxon in date 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.214. inscribed &dated at bottom centre:- "Tympanum, Kirkbampton - May 10 1899" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1902.18.37 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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 BNW32.jpg Door arch. (taken 30.6.2007)  BNW33.jpg Detail of the tympanum of the door arch; said to be a small figure of a bishop or an abbot? (taken 30.6.2007)  BNW28.jpg Chancel arch. (taken 30.6.2007)  BNW29.jpg Organ. (taken 30.6.2007)  BNW30.jpg Organ pipes. (taken 30.6.2007)  BNW31.jpg Cupboard by altar. (taken 30.6.2007)  CBL85.jpg ?Roman inscription:- "VEX / [LEG V] / [ ]" (taken 22.8.2014) |
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| story:- |
Buried in the churchyard is a mosstrooper who came raiding from Scotland, named Boothill.
He was found asleep on the ground by one Hody, who slipped Boothill's sword out of
its scabbard and cut off his head. The gravestone has a sword engraved upon it. |
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| dedication | ||
| person:- | : St Peter |
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| place:- | Kirkbampton / Carlisle Diocese | |
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