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| St Edmund, Newbiggin | ||
| St Edmund's Church | ||
| Newbiggin Church | ||
| locality:- | Newbiggin | |
| civil parish:- | Newbiggin (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | church | |
| coordinates:- | NY62772866 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6228 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY62 | |
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 4 12) placename:- St Edmund's Church |
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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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1
mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas
Jefferys, London, 1770. J5NY62NW.jpg church item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.516 "Compendium of County History. - Westmorland." "NEWBIGGIN ... The church is small and contains but little remarkable. In one of the windows is a monk with a pastoral staff. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Nurse 1918 |
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| 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. NUR1NY62.jpg "NEWBIGGIN ST. EDMUND WITH MILBURN" item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936 |
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| source data:- | Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Parish Church of St Edmund, Newbiggin, Westmorland,
scale about 1 to 290? published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England,
London, 1936. click to enlargeHMW110.jpg On p.182 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. RCHME no. Wmd, Newbiggin 1 item:- Armitt Library : A745.111 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Church of St Edmund |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CHURCH OF ST EDMUND / / / NEWBIGGIN / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 423367 / NY6277828656" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Parish Church, rebuilt in C14 and extensively restored in 1854. Coursed, squared rubble with medieval pilaster buttresses to western corners. Graduated slate roofs with stone copings; bellcote to west end and apex cross to east end. Pointed west door is C19. Mullioned 2-light side windows have ogeed trefoil heads; pointed 3-light east window and 2 easternmost windows are mainly original, others are C19. North chapel was added in early C16; 2 mullioned windows of 2 and 3 segment-headed lights and a reset C14 door. Internally, tomb niche in south wall of chancel has cusped cinquefoiled head. Piscina in south wall has ogeed trefoil head. C12 pillar piscina in north chapel has decorative corner shafts. Carved C14 or C15 top rail to chapel screen." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CROSS BASE TO SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST EDMUND / / / NEWBIGGIN / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 423378 / NY6277228643" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Medieval cross-base 2 steps, each of 4 large sandstone blocks; stump of cross-shaft remains in socket." |
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 BWN33.jpg Banner. (taken 25.5.2012)  BWN35.jpg Harmonium, Bell Organ and Piano Co (taken 25.5.2012)  BWN36.jpg Harmonium:- "Bell Organ &Piano Co. LTD" (taken 25.5.2012)  BWN37.jpg Harmonium, Bell Organ and Piano Co:- "Guelph Canada ..." (taken 25.5.2012)  BWN44.jpg Parish chest. (taken 25.5.2012)  BWN32.jpg War memorial (taken 25.5.2012)  BWN31.jpg Psalm 121 'I will lift up my eyes unto the hills ...' (taken 25.5.2012)  BWN38.jpg Tomb recess with coat of arms, Crackanthorpe Family. (taken 25.5.2012)  BME95.jpg Coat of arms, Crackanthorpe Family. (taken 1.6.2006)  BWN34.jpg Coat of arms, Crackanthorpe Family. (taken 25.5.2012)  BWN43.jpg Coat of arms; Crackanthorpe impaling ?. (taken 25.5.2012)  BWN41.jpg Lamp in chapel. (taken 25.5.2012)  BWN51.jpg Cross, remains. (taken 25.5.2012)  BWN49.jpg Gate piers, 1790. (taken 25.5.2012)  BME91.jpg (taken 1.6.2006) |
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| dedication | ||
| person:- | : St Edmund |
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| place:- | Newbiggin / Carlisle Diocese | |
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