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St Cuthbert, Embleton
St Cuthbert's Church
Embleton Church
locality:-   Embleton
civil parish:-   Embleton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY16272941
1Km square:-   NY1629
10Km square:-   NY12
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


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BOQ80.jpg (taken 13.2.2008)  
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BUG87.jpg (taken 28.3.2011)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 6) 
placename:-  St Cuthbert's Church
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.
"St. Cuthbert's Church (Per Curacy) / Grave Yard"

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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D4NY12NE.jpg
church near Beck Houses 
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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GAR2NY12.jpg
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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NUR1NY12.jpg
"EMBLETON AND WYTHOP"
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page


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BUG85.jpg  Bells.
(taken 28.3.2011)  

 stained glass

 kneelers


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CDR18.jpg  Alms box.
(taken 14.8.2015)  
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CDR12.jpg  Boot scraper.
(taken 14.8.2015)  
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BOQ79.jpg (taken 13.2.2008)  


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BUG89.jpg  Gravestone of Ann Sewell. murdered 1860.
(taken 28.3.2011)  
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BUG90.jpg  Gravestone of Ann Sewell:-
"Sacred / To the memory of / Ann Sewell / Whose life was terminated / By the hand of an assassin / While in the discharge of her humble / Duty on the 26th day of March / AD 1860 aged 26 years." "Stay mortal man oh stay and shed a tear / For the untimely death recorded here. / Sad proof alas how quickly sin destroys / The airy fabric of all earthly joys / And while you read so near the hallow'd spot / Reflect how soon the grave may be your lot / And may the solemn thought instruction give / To be prepared for death e'en while you live." (taken 28.3.2011)  
Ann Sewell was an orphan, hired at the Cockermouth Martinmas Fair, 1859, to be a house servant at Beckhouse Farm. On 26 March 1860 the farmer and his wife were away to market. Five day labourers at the farm were served their midday meal by Ann, including George Cass from Eaglesfield, who was the last to go back to work. His woman and their illegitimate daughter had come earlier in the day to beg money from him. George slit Ann's throat in an argument, taking her purse containing one sovereign and a half crown. George was tried at the Carlisle assizes, 2 August 1860, and was hanged on 17 August before a large crowd of spectators.
Such was the sensation that Ann's funeral, 29 March, was attended by a great crowd, including local gentry.


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BUG86.jpg  Building in the churchyard,used as a meeting room.
(taken 28.3.2011)  

dedication
person:-    : St Cuthbert
place:-   Embleton / Carlisle Diocese

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