Old Cumbria Gazetteer - St John, Keswick

St John, Keswick

St John's Church

Keswick Church

locality:-

Keswick

civil parish:-

Keswick (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

church

coordinates:-

NY26782317

1Km square:-

NY2623

10Km square:-

NY22

references:-

: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

BMR25.jpg (taken 19.9.2006)
photograph

BMR13.jpg (taken 17.9.2006)

Tower, spire and central nave built 1835, consecrated 1838; enlarged 1862 and 1882.

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 6)
placename:- St John'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. John's Church (Per Curacy) / Grave Yard"

evidence:-

old print:- Westall 1830s

source data:-

Print, aquatint panorama, The Vale of Keswick, from the Ambleside Road, Cumberland, drawn and engraved by William Westall, published by Ackermann and Co, 96 Strand, London, 1836.

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WTL312.jpg
"Swinside. Grisedale Pike. 2680 feet. Keswick Lake. Whinlatter. Kings Seat. The Barfe. Bassenthwaite Lake. Greata Hall. Mr. Southey's. Wilhop brows. Skiddaw Dod. Applethwaite. Carlside. Summit of Skiddaw. 3022ft. / Drawn & Engraved by W. Westall A.R.A. / The Vale of Keswick, from the Ambleside road. / Published by Ackermann and Co, 96 Strand. 1836."
item:- Armitt Library : A6658.12
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.

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Page 52:- "... A new church of the pointed style, having a tower and spire at the west end, has been built by the late William Marshall, Esq. the purchaser of the Greenwich property, situated here. This is a pleasing object in the approach from Penrith. ..."

evidence:-

old text:- Martineau 1855

source data:-

Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.

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Page 71:- "... the new red-stone church of St. John, with its spire, and the school houses and pretty parsonage at hand. These were built by the late John Marshall, of Hallsteads,- a name which is more spoiled than dignified by any conventional addition. The church and parsonage were occupied by the husband of one of his daughters; and now heand (sic) his son-in-law lie buried there together. ..."

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.

NUR1NY22.jpg
"KESWICK"
item:- JandMN : 27
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stained glass

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:- Church of St John

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST JOHN / / ST JOHN'S STREET / KESWICK / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / B / 71800 / NY2678823181"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"1838 by Salvin, enlarged 1862 and 1880's but re-using Salvin windows. Red sandstone, late C13 style with lancets and Geometrical tracery. Octagonal vestry with broach roof. Commanding west tower and spire. Interior broad and squat, with broad pointed arched panelled ceiling to nave. Stained glass by Holiday."

evidence:-

old print:-

source data:-

Print, chromolithograph, Keswick from Castle Hill, Cumberland, published by T Nelson and Sons, London, 1900s?

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PR0165.jpg
From a set of prints, The Scenery of the English Lakes
printed at lower right:- "T. NELSON &SONS"
printed at bottom left:- "KESWICK FROM CASTLE HILL"
item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.165
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incumbents:-

Myers, F	1838 -
Battersby, T D Harford	1851 -
Hoare, J N	1883 -
Elliott, H V	1901 -
Jones, H Gresford	1904 -
Headlam, M L C	1906 -

BMR12.jpg (taken 17.9.2006)
photograph

BVZ88.jpg Mothers Union banner.
(taken 5.3.2012)
photograph

CBA54.jpg Mothers Union banner, Derwent.
(taken 9.7.2014)
photograph

BMR08.jpg Gravestone, John Postlethwaite, geologist, d.1925
(taken 17.9.2006)
photograph

BMR09.jpg Gravestone, John Postlethwaite, geologist, d.1925
(taken 17.9.2006)
photograph

BMR10.jpg Gravestone, Sir Hugh Walpole, d.1941
(taken 17.9.2006)
photograph

BMR11.jpg Gravestone, Sir Hugh Walpole, d.1941
(taken 17.9.2006)
photograph

BXP39.jpg (taken 4.11.2012)

BMR14.jpg Painting of the church probably by James Deason, about 1836.
(taken 17.9.2006)

notes:-

The church was built in the 1830s, architect Anthony Salvin, and consecrated in 1838. It was enlarged in 1863 and a north aisle added; a south aisle was added in 1889.

: : church leaflet

hearsay:-

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, b.1884 d.1941, was a novelist. He wrote the Herries novels, 'Rogue Herries' etc, and other works.

personal

person:-

author
: Walpole, Hugh Seymour, Sir

place:-

burial place

dedication

person:-

: St John

place:-

Keswick / Carlisle Diocese

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