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| Lorton Methodist Church, High Lorton | ||
| Lorton Methodist Church | ||
| Wesleyan Preaching House | ||
| locality:- | High Lorton | |
| civil parish:- | Lorton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | methodist chapel | |
| locality type:- | chapel | |
| coordinates:- | NY16042580 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1625 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY12 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BVP14.jpg (taken 1.11.2011)  BVP15.jpg Plaque:- "WESLEYAN / CHAPEL / 1840" (taken 1.11.2011) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 14) |
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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. "Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan)" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Lorton Methodist Church |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "LORTON METHODIST CHURCH / / / LORTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72681 / NY1604325802" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Methodist chapel. Dated and inscribed over entrance WESLEYAN CHAPEL 1840. Incised cement render under graduated greenslate roof. Single storey, 2 bays. Panelled door in gable rendered porch. Casement windows with glazing bars in round-arched painted stone surrounds." |
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| hearsay:- |
John Wesley preached to a 'large and serious congregation' here, 1752, 1759 and 1761. |
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