Old Cumbria Gazetteer - St Thomas, Selside

St Thomas, Selside

St Thomas's Church

Selside Church

locality:-

Selside

civil parish:-

Whitwell and Selside (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

church

coordinates:-

SD53549921

1Km square:-

SD5399

10Km square:-

SD59

references:-

: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

BLQ52.jpg (taken 1.3.2006)
photograph

BLQ54.jpg (taken 1.3.2006)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 5)
placename:- St Thomas's Church

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.
"St Thomas's Ch. (Per Curacy) / 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.

J5SD59NW.jpg
church
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

possibly old map:- Baker 1802
placename:- Sonset Chapel

source data:-

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

Bk03Vg12.jpg
"Sonset Chapel"
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.

NUR1NY50.jpg
"SELSIDE"
item:- JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

CBH97.jpg (taken 1.8.2014)

accident 18410801

stained glass

kneelers

evidence:-

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

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST THOMAS / / / WHITWELL AND SELSIDE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75761 / SD5355099206"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Church. 1838, tower 1894. Plastered stone, the tower of stone rubble with slobbered mortar, some roughcast and ashlar dressings; slate roof. 4-bay nave and west tower. Nave has coped east gable with kneelers and cross, diagonal buttress to south. Narrow stack to north of 3-light traceried window with single-chamfered mullions. Later lean-to outbuilding with gabled building to north end. South facade of nave has lancets with chamfered reveals. North facade has organ loft under catslide roof to east. 2 bays, with 3-light single-chamfered mullioned window with transom. Tower has bell stage over weathered band, plastered to west, top band and embattled parapet. Squat pyramidal roof with weather vane. West window of 3 round-headed lights; 4 light window to north, with weathered buttress to angle. South stair turret under lean-to roof has window of 2 round-headed lights. Gabled porch has Tudor-headed entrance and lozenge with date: 1838. 3 louvred bell-openings to each face of bell stage, but only 2 to east. Interior: Stepped round arch on corbels to tower, which has fluted beams. Partitioned-off vestry. Font of marble, of 4-lobed chalice form. Nave has boarded roof and tie beams; hat pegs to backs of pews. Enriched stall fronts and reredos; turned balusters to altar rail. Stained glass east window, the Good Shepherd, dated 1867. Older font is square, on chamfered pier, with date: 1709. Wood wall memorial to Ienet Kitchin, died 1712 aged 103, panel with entablature and apron with skull and cross bones."

incumbents:-

Stephenson, John	1662 -
Hunter, Thomas	1691 -
Wright, John	1695 -
Fisher, Isaac	1695 -
Jefferson, John	1697 -
Townsend, John	1704 -
Green, William	-
Langhorn, William	1748 -
Hodgson, John	1752 -
Atkinson, William	1753 -
Chambre, Jacob	1764 -
Parker, John	1771 -
Monkhouse, Matthew	1780 -
Airey, Thomas	1794 -
Airey, Henry Holme	1831 -
Lesh, Edward	1867 -
Clarke, Joseph James	1887 -