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| meeting house, Penrith | ||
| Penrith Meeting House | ||
| Street:- | Meeting House Lane | |
| locality:- | Penrith | |
| civil parish:- | Penrith (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | meeting house | |
| locality type:- | quaker meeting | |
| coordinates:- | NY51633040 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5130 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY53 | |
| references:- | Butler 1978 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 4) |
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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 / Grave Yard" |
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| evidence:- | text:- placename:- Penrith Meeting House |
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| source data:- | : : Quaker Administrative History "PENRITH, Cumb, after 1974 Cumbr ... NY516304" "1668-1967 ... Strickland MM" "1967- ... Carlisle &Holm MM" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Backhouse 1773 placename:- Penrith 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. BKH2Strc.jpg labelled:- "Penrith / 3.5" meeting day Thursday nearby market day Tuesday item:- private collection : 224 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | drawing:- Butler 1978 placename:- Penrith Meeting House |
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| source data:- | Penrith 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 enlargePR1519.jpg  click to enlargePR1520.jpg item:- private collection : 377 Images © Friends Historical Society |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSE / / MEETING HOUSE LANE / PENRITH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 72900 / NY5164330404" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Late C17 foundation, but present building circa 1690, enlarged 1718, north gallery 1720, enlarged again 1805. Roughcast over stone. Plain windowless wall to street. Entrance in gabled rear wing, with boarded door in chamfered doorcase, two 12-paned sash windows. Small room on south end formed out of space under gallery, with a fireplace. Pine panelling. The first dissenting place of worship in Penrith." |
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