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St Catherine, Eskdale
St Catherine's Church
Eskdale Church
locality:-   Boot
civil parish:-   Eskdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY17590026
1Km square:-   NY1700
10Km square:-   NY10
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


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BNJ38.jpg (taken 14.3.2007)  
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BRK61.jpg (taken 14.9.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Church"
church 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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cross, a church 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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.
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"ESKDALE"
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

 notes about bells

 stained glass

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Church of St Catherine
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE / / / ESKDALE / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76200 / NY1759200264"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Parish Church, C14 with later additions and alterations; restored 1881. Random rubble. Graduated slate roof with stone ridge; gabled bellcote at west end, apex cross at east. Single storey, 4 bays. Gabled south porch has plank inner door with pointed head. Windows mainly C19 stone-mullioned replacements; original cusped 3-light east window was once pointed. Interior: Font at west end has octagonal C14 (?-Pevsner suggests mid C17) bowl on later stem; panel with low-relief carving (reminiscent of window tracery) to each face. Board on south wall, dated 1798, lists benefactors; rest of fittings are C19/C20, including glass by A. Sewell & Co. and Gibbs &Co., both of London."

incumbents:-  
Singleton, William  1578 -  
Fox, Richard  1587 -  
Parker, John  1658 -  
Rawlinson, Robert  1662 -  
Wilson, William  1672 -  
Parker, Thomas  1680 -  
Rumney, William  1718 -  
Parker, Thomas  1725 -  
Marshall, Aaron  1770 -  
Hutchinson, Thomas  1814 -  
Powley, Robert  1816 -  
Creeny, Horatio Nelson  1872 -  
Snape, Robert H  1888 -  
Sykes, Willliam H  1900 -  
Fair, Thomas Wilson  1904 -  
Banks, Jacob  1911 -  

notes:-  
Described in:-

Butler, Lawrence (ed): 2011: Church Notes of Sir Stephen Glynne for Cumbria, 1833-1872: CWAAS:: ISBN 978 1 873124 52 9
Extracted from the original notes made by Sir Stephen, now in Deiniol's Library, Hawarden, Flintshire, contact through Flintshire Record Office


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BNJ37.jpg (taken 14.3.2007)  
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BRK63.jpg (taken 14.9.2009)  
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BRK64.jpg (taken 14.9.2009)  
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BRK65.jpg  Charities board, 1798.
(taken 14.9.2009)  
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CDE79.jpg  Gravestone.
(taken 4.6.2015)  


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BYF27.jpg  Gravestone, Tommy Dobson.
(taken 27.4.2013)  
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BYF28.jpg (taken 27.4.2013)  
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BRK58.jpg "IN MEMORY OF THOMAS DOBSON WHO DIED APRIL 2ND. 1910 AGED 83 YEARS FOR 53 YEARS (TOMMY) WAS MASTER OF ESKDALE AND ENNERDALE FOXHOUNDS. HE STARTED THE PACK." (taken 14.9.2009)  
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BYF29.jpg (taken 14.9.2009)  
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BRK59.jpg (taken 14.9.2009)  
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BNJ40.jpg  Gravestone:-
"IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM CURWEN PORTER DIED AT FIELD HEAD 2ND NOV. 1952 AGED 73 YEARS HUNTSMAN THEN MASTER OF THE ESKDALE AND ENNERDALE FOXHOUNDS FOR 53 YEARS ..." (taken 14.3.2007)  

notes:-  
'... little is known of the history of St. Catherine's Church, Eskdale'. William de Meschines founded the Priory of St Bees, 1125, and four chapels were founded about this time, one of them in Eskdale. This just may have been near St Catherine's Well a quarter of a mile from here.
In response to a petition to the Pope, the Abbot of Calder Abbey was instructed to promote the chapel to a parish church in 1445.
The building appears to date to the 14th century. There may have been repairs in the 17th century; the ceiling was repaired in 1831; there was major restoration, rebuilding, in 1881.

: : church leaflet

Paley and Austin series
person:-   architect
 : Paley, Edward G
person:-   architect
 : Austin, Hubert J
date:-   1881
Restoration work.

dedication
person:-    : St Catherine
place:-   Eskdale / Carlisle Diocese

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