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| meeting house, Grayrigg | ||
| Grayrigg Meeting House | ||
| Beckhouses Meeting House | ||
| Lambrigg Meeting House | ||
| Beckhouses | ||
| locality:- | Beck Houses | |
| civil parish:- | Grayrigg (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | meeting house (ex) | |
| locality type:- | quaker meeting (ex) | |
| coordinates:- | SD58079633 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5896 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 11) |
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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. "Friends' Meeting House" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34) |
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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. "Friends Meeting House" at Beck Houses |
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| evidence:- | text:- placename:- Grayrigg Meeting House placename:- Beckhouses Meeting House placename:- Lambrigg Meeting House |
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| source data:- | : : Quaker Administrative History "GRAYRIGG, Westm, after 1974 Cumbr ... SD581963" "1668-1841 ... Kendal MM" "1896-1903 ... Kendal MM" "1903-1952 ... Kendal &Sedbergh MM" "BECKHOUSES, Westm, after 1974 Cumbr ... see GRAYRIGG" "LAMBRIGG, Westm, after 1974 Cumbr ... see GRAYRIGG" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Backhouse 1773 placename:- Grayrig meeting |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Map of the Meetings belonging to
the Quarterly Meetings of Lancaster, Westmorland, Cumberland,
Northumberland, Durham and York, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch,
by James Backhouse, engraved by Thomas Kitchin, published by
James Backhouse, Darlington, Durham, 1773. BKH2Kndl.jpg labelled:- "Grayrig / 0.4" meeting day Wednesday item:- private collection : 224 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- LMS 1920s |
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| source data:- | Quakers' Meeting House, Grayrigg, drawn by R M Hutchings, published in the LMS Route
Book No.3, The Track of the Royal Scot, by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway,
LMS, 1920s. click to enlargeLS1E34.jpg item:- JandMN : 95.7 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | drawing:- Butler 1978 placename:- Grayrigg Meeting House |
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| source data:- | Grayrigg Meeting House drawn by David Butler and published in Quaker Meeting Houses
of the Lake Counties by David M Butler, by the Friends Historical Society, 1978 courtesy of David Butler  click to enlargePR1530.jpg  click to enlargePR1531.jpg item:- private collection : 377 Images © Friends Historical Society |
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 BSR67.jpg Skewput. (taken 7.5.2010)  BSR68.jpg Finial. (taken 7.5.2010) |
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| hearsay:- |
Built 1696; burial ground purchased 1707; extended 1713; closed 1846. New meeting
house and cottage built 1871; closed 1952. |
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