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| St Thomas, Farlam | |||||||||||||||||||||
| St Thomas's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Farlam Church | |||||||||||||||||||||
| locality:- | Kirkhouse | ||||||||||||||||||||
| locality:- | Farlam | ||||||||||||||||||||
| civil parish:- | Farlam (formerly Cumberland) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| county:- | Cumbria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| locality type:- | church | ||||||||||||||||||||
| coordinates:- | NY56865988 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Km square:- | NY5659 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Km square:- | NY55 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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 BOD86.jpg (taken 7.9.2007)  CGX27.jpg (taken 1.12.2017) |
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 CGX42.jpg Watercolour painting. (taken 1.12.2017)  Click to enlarge CGX43.jpg Watercolour painting. (taken 1.12.2017) |
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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. NUR1NY55.jpg "FARLAM-CUM-MIDGEHOLME" In the errata:- "Farlam with Midgeholme" item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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 notes about bells |
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| stained glass |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Church of St Thomas a Becket |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CHURCH OF ST THOMAS A BECKET / / / FARLAM / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78026 / NY5686359881" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Church. 1860 by Salvin, near site of medieval church. Dressed calciferous sandstone on chamfered plinth with ashlar quoins; graduated green slate roof with coped gables. 4 bay nave with west double bellcote and north aisle; 2-bay chancel has south vestry. Nave has north and south gabled porches with pointed arches; 2-light lancet windows. Chancel has pointed lancets and tripartite east window; shouldered lintel to vestry is dated 1860. Interior: open timber roof, late C19 furnishings. 4-bay aisle has round columns and pointed arches. Late C19 stained glass." |
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 CGX44.jpg Royal coat of arms. (taken 1.12.2017)  CGX39.jpg Organ. (taken 1.12.2017)  CGX40.jpg Organ pipes. (taken 1.12.2017)  CGX41.jpg Organ pipes. (taken 1.12.2017)  CGX38.jpg Mothers Union banner. (taken 1.12.2017)  BOD85.jpg (taken 7.9.2007)  CGX45.jpg Boot scraper. (taken 1.12.2017) |
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 CBG96.jpg Gravestone, Bell Family. (taken 28.7.2014) |
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| This is also a memorial to:- |
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| "... JOSEPH BELL AGED 51 YEARS SON OF / THE ABOVE MARGARET BELL CHIEF ENGINEER / OF
THE S.S. TITANIC WHO WAS LOST WITH ALL HIS / ENGINEERING STAFF IN THE FOUNDERING OF
/ THAT VESSEL IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AFTER / COLLISION WITH AN ICEBERG APRIL 15TH.
1912. ..." |
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| person:- | : St Thomas a Becket |
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| place:- | Farlam / Carlisle Diocese | ||||||||||||||||||||
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