Old Cumbria Gazetteer - St Thomas, Crosscrake

St Thomas, Crosscrake

St Thomas's Church

Crosscrake Church

locality:-

Crosscrake

civil parish:-

Stainton (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

church

coordinates:-

SD52368700

1Km square:-

SD5287

10Km square:-

SD58

references:-

: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

MN photo:-

A chapel of ease was founded here by St Anslem, 1190. It became a church in 1875.

BJS30.jpg (taken 12.8.2005)
photograph

BTL22.jpg (taken 27.8.2010)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 4)

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 (Per Curacy) / Grave Yard"

evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)
placename:- Grove Chappell

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG38m252.jpg
In mile 252, Westmoreland. "grove Chappell"
a church, off the road to the right.
item:- JandMN : 21
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 93)
placename:- Grove Chapel

source data:-

Strip maps, uncoloured engravings, road maps, The Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Lancashire and Westmorland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.

B093m252.jpg
At mile 252-253.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.100
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Grove Church

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.

click to enlarge
BD12.jpg
"Grove Church"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
placename:- Grove Chapel

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

SMP2SDP.jpg
"Grove C."
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Grove Church

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

BO18SD48.jpg
"Grove Chu."
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Cross Craik Chapel

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.

J5SD58NW.jpg
"Cross Craik Chap"
church
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24SD58.jpg
"Chap"
church symbol; church or chapel
item:- JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

probably old map:- Baker 1802

source data:-

Perspective road maps with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.

Bk03Vg14.jpg
item:- private collection : 3
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.

NUR1SD58.jpg
"CROSSCRAKE"
item:- JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

BTL29.jpg (taken 27.8.2010)

The inscription ends:-

"... LOUGHBOROUGH ENGLAND"

presumably John Taylor and Co, Loughborough.

stained glass

kneelers

incumbents:-

Ellis, Mr	1755 -
Hartley, Mr	1757 -
Wilson, J	1760 -
	1773 -
Cartmel, J	1801 -
Lawson, B B	1834 -
Lowry, J S	1840 -
Stoddart, J	1840 -
Toller, F	1841 -
Stoddart, J	1844 -
Wallas, J	1845 -
Bannerman, E	1871 -
Dickinson, R J	1911 -

BXD28.jpg Organ.
(taken 15.8.2012)
photograph

BXD29.jpg Organ.
(taken 15.8.2012)
photograph

BTL26.jpg Organ and organist.
(taken 27.8.2010)
photograph

BTL24.jpg Organ and organist.
(taken 27.8.2010)
photograph

BTL25.jpg Organ and organist.
(taken 27.8.2010)
photograph

BXD27.jpg Mothers Union banner
(taken 15.8.2012)
photograph

BJS31.jpg The Lord's Prayer in fretwork
(taken 12.8.2005)
photograph

BTL27.jpg Grave stone of Mary Wakefield.
(taken 27.8.2010)
photograph

BTL28.jpg Grave stone of Mary Wakefield:-
"AUGUSTA / MARY / WAKEFIELD / 1853-1910." "SING UNTO THE / LORD ALL THE / WHOLE EARTH. / SING UNTO THE / LORD AND PRAISE / HIS NAME." (taken 27.8.2010)

CBI15.jpg As built, 1875.
(taken 1.8.2014)
photograph

BTL20.jpg (taken 27.8.2010)
photograph

CBI13.jpg Restoration work, 1944.
(taken 1.8.2014)
photograph

CBI14.jpg Restoration work, 1944.
(taken 1.8.2014)
photograph

BTL21.jpg After work in 1964.
(taken 27.8.2010)
photograph

CBI17.jpg (taken 1.8.2014)

notes:-

Anselm de Furness founded a chapel here in 1190; nothing remains of this early building. A building survived, not always as a church, sometimes a school, to the 18th century. In 1773 it was rebuilt 'in the purest ugliness' of the 18th century; improved and enlarged 1849. A new church was built 50 yards east of the old, designed by Paley and Austin, about 1875; tower repaired 1897; major repairs and alterations, 1944; found structurally unsound, and restored, about 1962.

: : church leaflet

Paley and Austin series

person:-

architect
: Paley, Edward G

person:-

architect
: Austin, Hubert J

date:-

1875

New church in geometric decorated style.

dedication

person:-

: St Thomas

place:-

Crosscrake / Carlisle Diocese

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