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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)  
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BVP15.jpg  Plaque:-
"WESLEYAN / CHAPEL / 1840" (taken 1.11.2011)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 14) 
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)"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Lorton Methodist Church
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"LORTON METHODIST CHURCH / / / LORTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72681 / NY1604325802"
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."

hearsay:-  
John Wesley preached to a 'large and serious congregation' here, 1752, 1759 and 1761.

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