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St John, Levens
St John's Church
Levens Church
locality:-   Levens
civil parish:-   Levens (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   SD48528577
1Km square:-   SD4885
10Km square:-   SD48
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


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BTL12.jpg (taken 27.8.2010)  
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BJQ98.jpg (taken 2.8.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 7) 
placename:-  St John the Evangelist'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 the Evangelist's Church (Per Curacy)"

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Levens Chapel
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.
image FD01P018, button  goto source
Page 18:-  "... Levens chapel, a new"
image FD01P019, button  goto source
Page 19:-  "building of English architecture, stands on Beathwaite Green, its tower and spire rendering it a conspicuous object. ..."

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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NUR1SD48.jpg
"LEVENS"
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page


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BJR01.jpg  Bells, hung in a frame outside.
(taken 2.8.2005)  

 stained glass

incumbents:-  
Stephens, William  1828 -  
Smith, Arthur J  1864 -  


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BJQ99.jpg  Organ, by Wilkinson and Sons, Kendal, 1883.
(taken 2.8.2005)  
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BTL13.jpg  Organ, makers label:-
"Wilkinson &Sons, / 18 KENDAL 83" (taken 2.8.2005)  
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BYU13.jpg  Memorial, James Gandy Gandy, d.1979.
(taken 11.7.2013)  
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BYU14.jpg  Coat of arms, James Gandy Gandy, d.1979.
(taken 11.7.2013)  
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BYU15.jpg  Coat of arms, Bagot, on a pew end.
(taken 11.7.2013)  
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BJQ97.jpg (taken 2.8.2005)  

hearsay:-  
The village was once in the parish of Heversham. After a disagreement with the vicar of Levens, Mary Howard of Levens Hall built a church here, 1828.

dedication
person:-    : St John the Evangelist
place:-   Levens / Carlisle Diocese

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