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St Andrew, Coniston
St Andrew's Church
Coniston Church
locality:-   Coniston
civil parish:-   Coniston (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   SD30259757
1Km square:-   SD3097
10Km square:-   SD39
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

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BJV41.jpg (taken 16.9.2005)  
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BVR30.jpg (taken 15.11.2011)  
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Con) 
placename:-  Coniston Church
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Coniston Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1788, version published 1809.
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"Coniston Church"
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item:-  JandMN : 182.5
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, St Andrew's Church, Coniston, Lancashire, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 31 August 1852.
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"Aug 31. 1852 / Coniston."
page number  "25"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.390.34
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  memorial
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, memorial to John Ruskin, St Andrew's Church, Coniston, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS322
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  memorial
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, memorial to John Ruskin, St Andrew's Church, Coniston, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0658.jpg
stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS321
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  gravestone
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, grave of John Ruskin, St Andrew's Church, Coniston, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped at reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS103
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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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"CONISTON"
item:-  JandMN : 27
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 stained glass
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Church of St Andrew
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST ANDREW / / / CONISTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76783 / SD3025097569"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Church. 1819. Chancel, vestry, organ loft and porches, 1891 by J. Matson. Slate with ashlar dressings, slate roof. Nave with west tower, chancel with north vestry and south organ loft. 4-bay nave has coped gables. Elliptical- headed windows with hoodmoulds and 2-light timber frames with leaded glazing. Tower has west lancet with hoodmould; string course, and paired stone-louvred bell openings with no dressings, with 3-face clock below; top cornice and embattled parapet. Flanking porches have embattled parapets; entrances have 4-centred heads and 2-light square-headed windows; cast iron rainwater heads. Chancel, vestry and organ loft have weathered bases, coped gables and quoins. Chancel has 5-light window with Perpendicular tracery on sill band, and single traceried light to south. Vestry is roughcast with lateral stack and 2-light north window with transom; west entrance. Organ loft has 3-light window with Perpendicular tracery. Interior: King and queen post trusses with decorative bracing and tracery. West gallery of 1891 has turned posts, false 4-centred arches, balustrade with deep cornice and early C19 painted royal arms. Baptistry under tower has stained glass window by Kempe, 1893; alabaster octagonal font. Chancel arch has roll mould. Chancel has arches to vestry and organ loft and panelled east wall and reredos with blind tracery."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MEMORIAL CROSS TO JOHN RUSKIN APPROXIMATELY 23 METRES EAST OF ST ANDREW'S CHURCH / / / CONISTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76784 / SD3028097568"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Memorial in form of Anglo-celtic cross. 1901. By W.G. Collingwood, an expert in ancient crosses. Slightly tapering rectangular shaft, cross head with swept arms. Interlace scrollwork and symbolic panels. Memorial reads: "JOHN RUSKIN/ 1819:1900". East face has, from bottom to top: youth playing lyre; inscription with interlace above and below; youth sketching in Swiss Alps (representing "Modern Painters"); St Mark's Lion (Stones of Venice); 7 branched candlestick (Seven Lamps of Architecture). Cross head has interlace and hemisphere. South face has scrollwork of dogrose with squirrel, kingfisher and wren. West face has scene from parable of vineyard ("Unto This Last"); lilies and sesame seeds ("Sesame and Lilies"); crowned angel holding club, key and nail ("Fors Clavigera"); olive wreath ("Crown of Wild Olive"); St George and dragon (representing Guild of St George). North face has interlace panel. John Ruskin was the foremost art critic of the Victorian age, and also wrote on social and economic matters."
incumbents:-  
Dickson, George  1603 -  
Walker, John  1603 -  
Dowson, Robert  1606 -  
Rawling, Richard  1646 -  
Roule, Richard, Sir ?  1650 -  
Birkett, John  1683 -  
Stoup, John  1716 -  
Strickland, John  1761 -  
Mossman, Henry  1803 -  
Lishman, William  1803 -  resigned 
Lindow, John  1804 -  
Tyson, William  1805 -  
 assistant  - Lindow, Jonas  1806 -  
 assistant  - Stamper, William  -  
Braithwaite, Gawen  1808 -  
Hodgson, John  1808 -  
Swainson, John  1811 -  
Douglas, John  1817 -  
Sandys, William Travis  1825 -  
Siree, H  1835 -  
Harden, J W  1837 -  
 assistant  - Boutflower, S  1837 -  
Tolming, Thomas  1839 -  
Chapman, Charles  1870 -  
Wood, H E  1905 -  
Wilcox, Frederick T  1906 -  
evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Ruskin's Grave, St Andrew's Church, Coniston, Lancashire, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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On p.99 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "RUSKIN'S GRAVE, CONISTON. (p.98). / (Ruskin's grave is the mound in the immediate foreground)."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.45
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BJV43.jpg  An impressive coat of arms, royal arms of George III from 1816.
(taken 16.9.2005)  
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BTU19.jpg  Organ.
(taken 10.11.2010)  
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BVR31.jpg  Mothers Union banner.
(taken 10.11.2010)  
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BVR29.jpg  Model of the church as it was in 1819, by John D Usher, builder and quarryman
(taken 10.11.2010)  
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BJV44.jpg  The Ruskin memorial in the churchyard.
(taken 16.9.2005)  
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BTU20.jpg  Sir Donald Campbell's gravestone - in a nearby extension graveyard,
(taken 10.11.2010)  
hearsay:-  
 John Ruskin, b.1819 d.1900, was an art critic and social theorist. He promoted the Pre-Raphaelite school of painting, two important works are the 'Stones of Venice' and 'Modern Painters'. In the 1860s he published essays on economics, advocated national education, the organisation of labour, and other social reforms.
hearsay:-  
 There was a church here built by William Fleming of Coniston Hall, 1586. This was rebuilt in 1819; additions 1891; refurbished etc.
personal
person:-    : Ruskin, John
place:-   burial place
personal
person:-    : Campbell, Donald, Sir
place:-   burial place
dedication
person:-    : St Andrew
place:-   Coniston / Carlisle Diocese
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