Old Cumbria Gazetteer - St Kentigern, Great Crosthwaite

St Kentigern, Great Crosthwaite

St Kentigern's Church

Great Crosthwaite Church

Crosthwaite Church

Keswick Church

locality:-

Great Crosthwaite

civil parish:-

Keswick (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

church

coordinates:-

NY25742429

1Km square:-

NY2524

10Km square:-

NY22

references:-

: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

BRA27.jpg (taken 9.7.2009)
photograph

BJX87.jpg (taken 14.10.2005)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 2)
placename:- St Kentigern'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. Kentigern's Church (Vicarage) / Grave Yard"

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Crosthwate church

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.

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"Crosthwate church"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Crosthwaite Church

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

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"Crosthwaite Church"
circle, building, tower
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

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In mile 30, Cumberland.
church off the road to the left at:- "Crosthwait"
item:- JandMN : 22
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Crosthwate Church

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

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"Crosthwate Church"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)

source data:-

Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.

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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769
Page 203:- "Oct. 3. [from Keswick] ... to Borrowdale; ... beneath you, and stretching far away to the right, the shining purity of the lake-reflecting rocks, woods, fields, and inverted tops of hills, ... with the white buildings of Keswick, Crosthwaite church, and Skiddaw, for a back-ground at a distance. ... ... Behind you the magnificent heights of Wallow-crag:"

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Mrs Radcliffe's Ride over Skiddaw, 1794
Page 304:- "... that part of the vale of Keswick which separates the two lakes, and spreads a rich level of three miles, was immediately below; Crosthwaite church nearly in the centre, with the vicarage rising among trees. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.

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"Crosthwaite Church"
Marked by a cross.
item:- Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
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evidence:-

old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.

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item:- Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
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evidence:-

old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:- Crossthwaite Church

source data:-

Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.

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Page 100:- "..."
"The church of Keswick, (properly called Crossthwaite Church,) is dedicated to St Cuthbert, and has under it five chapels of ease, viz. Borrowdale, St John's, Wythburn, Thornthwaite and Newlands; out of all these collectively are chosen the Church-wardens of Crossthwaite, and eighteen persons whom they call Sides-Men. These are sworn into their office on Ascension-day by the Vicar; a custom I believe used in no other place. This church is under the patronage of the Bishop of Carlisle."

evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
placename:- Crossthwaite Church
item:- memorial

source data:-

Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.

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Page 182:- "..."
"In Crossthwaite church is a brass for sir John Radcliff and his lady 1327, ..."

evidence:-

old print:- Green 1815
placename:- Crosthwaite Church
item:- cattle

source data:-

Print, coloured aquatint, Crosthwaite Church near Keswick, St Kentigern' Church, Great Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.

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Plate 42 in Lake Scenery.
printed at upper right:- "42"
printed at bottom:- "CROSTHWAITE CHURCH near KESWICK. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6646.39
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.

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Marked by a cross.
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1822 (plate 21)
placename:- Crosthwaite Church

source data:-

Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Crosthwaite Church, St Kentigern's Church, Great Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1822.

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Plate 21 in Forty Etchings from Nature.
printed at bottom:- "CROSTHWAITE CHURCH. / Etched from Nature by William Green, &Published at Ambleside, Feby. 1, 1822."
item:- Armitt Library : A6643.21
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evidence:-

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

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:- "... The parish church of Crosthwaite stands almost in the centre of this finest of vales; the parish is very extensive, containing scenery not to be surpassed, ... The church, dedicated to St. Kentigern, is a building of the age when the perpendicular style of architecture was becoming debased, and consists of a nave, with aisles and chancel. There is an interesting hexagonal font, having shields and figures carved on each of the fronts; and in one of the windows there is some stained glass. The church was anciently covered with lead, which was exchanged for a roof of slate in 1812. ..."

evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, St Kentigern's Church, Great Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1 and 3 September 1845.

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"Crosthwaite Ch. from Rd. to Portinscale / Sep 1-3"
page number "18"
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.488.20
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evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag
item:- monument

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.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1846 part 2 p.192 "... A recumbent effigy of the poet Southey, executed in marble, by Mr. Lough, of Newcastle, has been place in Crosthwaite Church, at the expense of James Stanger, Esq. The costume is a plain gown or academical robes. The right hand rests on a volume by his side; the left is placed on his breast. This is the third monument erected to the memory of the Poet, there being a bust in Bristol cathedral, and another in the Poet's Corner of Westminster abbey."

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag

source data:-

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Gentleman's Magazine 1849 part 1 p.379 "..."
"When "all the work that had entered into the heart to make for the house of the Lord was so ended," the church, displaying more than the the beauty of its early days, was rendered not only worthy to rank amongst the most splendid restored monuments of ecclesiastical antiquity in Cumberland, but a more suitable temple for the public worship of Him who inhabiteth eternity, than the dilapidated structure from which it has arisen."
"Having been in all things completed, and rendered a lasting memorial of the zeal and piety of its restorer, a plate of brass, commemorative of the under-"

source data:-

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Gentleman's Magazine 1849 part 1 p.380 "[under]taking, was affixed into the third pier in the south aisle, on which is engraved the following record:-"
""On the 22nd day of June, 1844, a faculty was granted in the consistry court at Carlisle to the Rev. James Lynn, vicar of Crosthwaite, and James Stanger, of Lairthwaite, esquire, for the restoration of the chancel, the roof, and other portions of this church, according to certain plans thereof exhibited, and for the erection of a tomb and sculptured monumental figure of the late Robert Southey, poet laureate, in accordance with which faculty these restorations were completed under the direction of George Gilbert Scott, architect, and the church was re-opened for divine service on the 3rd day of August, 1845, and the monument erected A.D. 1846.""
"To a grave and recondite antiquary, this description of Crosthwaite church, and the objects of interest connected with it, will appear deficient in that fulness of information which a sedulous research through our national and diocesan archives alone can unfold. It is briefly mentioned in some of those valuable records whose pages illustrate the annals of our older churches. As such documentary evidences however, besides lying beyond the opportunities for research of the writer of these pages, are chiefly of a statistical and financial nature, which, though useful in themselves, would swell this sketch beyond reasonable limits, they are omitted without more than this concise allusion to their existence."
"The vicarage house, seated upon an eminence between the church and the town, commands that beautiful view of the Lake of Derwentwater, and the surrounding mountain scenery, with which the poet Gray, who visited this country in 1769, was so much enraptured. "From hence," says he in those delightful letters which were the medium of giving to his fellow-countrymen the first familiar account of the romantic loveliness of a region then so little frequented, "I got to the parsonage a little before sunset. and saw a picture, which if I could transmit it to you, and fix it in all the softness of its colours, would fairly sell for one thousand pounds." The point of view from which Gray beheld this fascinating prospect was from the horsing stone which then and for a long time after stood without the right hand side of the garden gate, in front of the house. It was removed several years ago, much to the regret of Mr. Southey, who often used playfully to reflect on the little sympathetic feeling shown in the destruction of a memorial so intimately associated with the author of "The Elegy.""
"As this memoir of the venerable parish church of Crosthwaite was in commencement graced with a quotation from one of the most instructive works of that eminent writer whose spirit pervades the scene, and every spot on which the eye can rest is vocal with the associations of his life, so it cannot be more fitly concluded than with another extract borrowed from the same delightful book, after which, it would be sacrilege to add one word more."
""I was walking alone in Howrah looking upon the church and upon Skiddaw behind it, which was then in the glory of a Midsummer sunset. The weight of time and eternity was on my spirit; I had been also thinking of the change in human institutions, a thought naturally connected with any permanent monuments of nature or art. The shadows glide over that mountain, and the clouds collect there, and the sun glorifies it, as they did when the Druids performed their rites within yonder circle of stones, when the Romans and romanised Britons erected altars to Jupiter and Belatucadrus, and when the Danes offered up victims to Thor and Woden. The church too has undergone its changes. The rood loft has disappeared; not a bell rings on Saint Kentigern's Day, and not a trace of the saint remains in his own parish. I was contemplating that church and yonder mountain. Seven centuries have gone by since the church was founded; and there Skiddaw has stood since the foundations of the hills were laid. My years will presently be like a tale that is told. These will remain; the one unchangeable, the other, I trust, never to be changed in its destination and uses, whatever renovations the structure may require.""

GentsMag 1849 pp249-254

GentsMag 1849 pp255-259

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag
item:- monumental brass

source data:-

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Gentleman's Magazine 1863 part 2 p.42 "BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION."
"May 27. ..."
"... ..."
"Mr. Powell delivered in a pedigree of Derwentwater of Castle Rigg upon Derwent, and accompanied it by a rubbing of the brass of Sir John Ratcliff and Alice his wife, in Crosthwaite Church, the heraldic bearings on which were peculiarly placed."
"..."

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag
item:- font

source data:-

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Gentleman's Magazine 1863 part 1 pp.321-322
page 321:- "SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON."
"Jan. 22. ..."
"... ..."
"AUGUSTUS W. FRANKS, Director, communicated some remarks on"
page 322:- "a font and a brass in Crosthwaite Church, Keswick. The inscription on the font had never been deciphered (so far as is known) till Mr. Franks visited the church, and with his usual sagacity detected the key to the right reading."

evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s

source data:-

Photograph, black and white, St Kentigern's Church, Great Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.

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HB0457.jpg
internegative at lower right:- "H. Bell"
stamped at reverse:- "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:- Armitt Library : ALPS116
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evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s

source data:-

Photograph, black and white, St Kentigern's Church, Great Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.

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HB0458.jpg
stamped at reverse:- "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:- Armitt Library : ALPS117
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evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s

source data:-

Photograph, sepia, interior, St Kentigern's Church, Great Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.

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HB0461.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : ALPS120
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evidence:-

old print:- Bradley 1901
placename:- Crossthwaite Church

source data:-

Print, uncoloured lithograph, Crossthwaite Church, St Kentigern's Church, Great Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, by Joseph Pennell, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.

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On page 92 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley.
printed at lower right:- "Joseph Pennell"
printed at bottom:- "Crossthwaite Church."
item:- JandMN : 464.16
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evidence:-

old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908)
placename:- Crosthwaite Church
item:- sheep

source data:-

Print, colour halftone, Crosthwaite Church, Keswick, St Kentigern's Church, Great Crosthwaite, Cumberland, from a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 2nd edn 1908.

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Opposite p.148 of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer.
printed at tissue opposite the print:- "CROSTHWAITE CHURCH, KESWICK"
printed at signed lower right:- "[A HEATON COOPER]"
item:- JandMN : 468.50
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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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"CROSTHWAITE"
item:- JandMN : 27
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stained glass

evidence:-

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

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST KENTIGERN / / CHURCH LANE / KESWICK / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 71770 / NY2574124285"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Parish church of least C14 origin, enlarged 1523, restored 1844 by Sir George Gilbert Scott."
"MATERIALS: Roughcast walls, coursed rubble buttresses, freestone quoins and parapets, coursed rock-faced stone to porch, graded-slate roofs."
"PLAN: Long nave and chancel under a single roof, aisles, south porch and west tower."
"EXTERIOR: Mainly in Tudor-Gothic style. The 3-stage west tower has diagonal buttresses and an embattled parapet incorporating a higher south-west turret. The west doorway is under a C19 shouldered lintel and above it the 4-light window has C19 Perpendicular tracery in a C16 opening. Square-headed belfry openings have triple round-headed lights with sunk spandrels (replaced in wood to the west face), and a big south clock face is on a slate panel. The 7-bay nave and chancel have an embattled red-sandstone parapet (dated 1812) and gable. Clerestorey 3-light windows are square-headed, with round-headed lights and sunk spandrels, except the two 2- light south chancel windows which have plain mullions. In the south wall is a slate sundial with gnomon. The chancel has freestone angle buttresses and C19 5-light Perpendicular east window. The south aisle has a C19 parapet and 3 buttresses. Six 3- light windows are similar to the clerestorey windows, and a doorway under a shouldered lintel was the entrance to a chapel at the east end of the south aisle. The east window is also 3-light, the west window 2-light with ogee-headed lights. The porch is typical Scott, in Early-English style with buttresses, steep roof, and entrance with filleted shafts. Inside, the south-aisle doorway under a segmental head is a C19 renewal of an earlier doorway. The north aisle incorporates a vestry that embraces the west tower. The vestry has 4-light square-headed north and west windows. Windows in the aisle proper are also square-headed, of at least 2 phases in the C15 and C16, either with ogee-headed, cusped, or round-headed lights with sunk spandrels. There are six 2-light windows, in the first bay with wooden mullions, and two C16 3- light windows at the east end, and 2-light east window. A north doorway, corresponding with the south doorway, is round-headed with continuous moulding, of late C16 or C17 character but a C19 rebuild. There are several slate grave slabs attached to the outer walls, including 2 of the early C19 attributed to William Bromley, mason of Keswick."
"INTERIOR: The interior is wide and spacious. The double-chamfered tower arch dies into the imposts, indicating that there was a tower here before the C16. The 7-bay arcades have octagonal piers and double-chamfer arches, a dated form if they are as late as the C16. They look to be a century earlier at the latest. The eastern bay is wider. Roofs are C19. Nave and chancel have a 13-bay tie-beam roof. The truss at the junction of nave and chancel has corbelled brackets, and in the chancel the beams are castellated. Aisle lean-to roofs have moulded principals and purlins, and foliage bosses. At the east end of the north aisle are angels at the foot of the principals, indicating the former presence of a chapel. In the chancel is a re-set piscina under a Tudor head. There are 9 consecration crosses in the aisle window reveals, of 1523. Walls are plastered. Nave and aisles have stone floors except for a raised floor at the west end, and C20 polished stone floor to the baptistery in the south aisle. The chancel has a polished stone floor of 1972, the sanctuary a mosaic floor of 1889."
"PRINCIPAL FIXTURES: The font was made c1395 in commemoration of Sir Thomas of Eskhead. It is octagonal, with worn relief foliage, and a representation of the Trinity, around the bowl, on a panelled stem. Benches, probably of 1844, have ends with arms rests. In the south aisle is the Gothic frontal of a family pew dated 1826, and a Gothic box pew labelled 'J Jackson Armboth'. The C19 pulpit on a C20 stone base is polygonal with linenfold panels. The open-arcaded lectern is earlier, possibly 1844. Choir stalls have ends with poppy heads and carving on arm rests, and arcaded frontal. The back tier has curved arm rests and a screen behind it on turned balusters. The communion rail has wrought-iron scrollwork. The Tudor-panelled reredos has a shallow canopy and 3 relief brass panels, signed JB. The earliest monuments are male and female effigies, said to be Thomas Radcliffe (d 1495) and his wife, now lying in the south aisle. Next to it is a large slate slab, set up on legs like a table tomb, but originally laid in the floor and with 2ft brass effigies to Sir John Ratcliff (d 1527) and his wife. He was the chief patron of the C16 enlargement of the church. In the south aisle is a recumbent white-marble figure by J. Louth (1846) on a Gothic chest, to the poet laureate Robert Southey (1774-1843), who is buried in the churchyard. There are several other C18 and C19 wall tablets, including 2 by Webster of Kendal, C18 brass plaques in the chancel and 1914-18 war-memorial plaque by E. Harrison of Keswick. There are fragments of medieval stained glass in 2 aisle windows. The crucifixion east window is by Kempe (1897), and other windows are attributed to Wailes."
"HISTORY: The earliest features of the church are the C14 tower arch and the late C14 font. The north aisle includes some C15 windows, but the church was substantially rebuilt in the early C16 and consecrated in 1523. The tower is said to be slightly later, of c1530-35. The patron was Sir John Ratcliff, whose brass effigy is in the church. The church was extensively restored in 1844 by George Gilbert Scott (1811- 78), architect of London and the most prolific restorer of churches in the C19. Restoration was undertaken mainly at the expense of James Stanger of Lairthwaite, and was prompted by a campaign raising funds for a monument in the church to Robert Southey. Scott rebuilt the roofs and added the south porch. Some furnishings also date from Scott's restoration."
"SOURCES:"
"N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland, 1967, pp 114-15."
"Parish church of St Kentigern: Notes for Visitors."
"REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The church of St Kentigern, Crosthwaite, is designated at Grade II[star] for the following principal reasons: [bullet] It is a substantial late-medieval parish church retaining significant original fabric and detail. [bullet] It has fixtures of special interest, including a rich late C14 font, and good- quality C19 benches, lectern and chancel fittings. [bullet] Its monuments are of special interest, including C15 effigies, C16 brass, and C19 effigy, by the noted sculptor, J. G. Lough. The latter commemorates the poet-laureate Robert Southey, who is buried in the churchyard. [bullet] Its restoration was carried out with sensitivity by the great Gothic Revival architect, (Sir) George Gilbert Scott."

memorials, Ratcliffe

memorials, Southey

memorials

evidence:-

old print:- Heywood 1906
placename:- Crosthwaite Church

source data:-

Print, halftone, Crosthwaite Church, St Kentigern, Great Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, from a photograph by A Pettitt, Keswick, published by Abel Heywood and Son, 56-58 Oldham Street, Manchester, and by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, Ave Maria Lane, Paternoster Row, London, 1906.

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In a Guide to Keswick and its Vicinity in the Penny Guide Books series.
printed at bottom:- "Photo by / CROSTHWAITE CHURCH. / A. Pettitt, Keswick."
item:- JandMN : 348.6
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evidence:-

old print:- Pearson 1900s
placename:- Crosthwaite Church

source data:-

Print, halftone photograph, Crosthwaite Church Tower, St Kentigern, Great Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.

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On p.156 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts.
printed at bottom:- "CROSTHWAITE CHURCH TOWER. (pp.155-157). / (Southey, the poet, is buried in the church)."
item:- Armitt Library : A1188.64
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evidence:-

old print:-
item:- religion

source data:-

Print, uncoloured engraving, Crosthwaite, St Kentigern's Church, Great Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, published 1900s?

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printed at bottom:- "CROSTHWAITE."
item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.519
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old print:- Calverley 1899
item:- stone; Bolster Stone

source data:-

In the church,
The Bolster Stone:-

evidence:-

old print:- Atkinson 1847 (5th edn 1850)
placename:- Crosthwaite Church
item:- religion

source data:-

Print, woodcut engraving, Crosthwaite Church, Keswick, Cumberland, by T W Holme, engraved by George Measom, published by Thomas Atkinson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1850.

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On p.57 of a Handbook to the English Lakes, 5th edn.
printed at bottom:- "left, right, centre: : T W Holme / GEO. MEASOM. SC. / Crosthwaite Church, Keswick."
item:- Armitt Library : A1144.11
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ring of bells

2 cross slab grave covers.

(Couldn't find these: 5.11.2011)

Ryder, Peter: 2001: Cross Slab Grave Covers of Cumbria: Cumbria CC (Carlisle, Cumbria)

incumbents:-

Wethamsted, Jeffry	1294 -
Graystoke, Richard de	1313 -
Lune, Thomas	1354 -
Broughton, John Henry de	1359 -
Welton, John de	1360 -
Morland, Peter de	1361 -
Boon, John	1362 -
Eskhead, Thomas de	1363 -
Ratcliffe, John	1547 -
Maybraye, John	1567 -
Mayson, Peter	1585 -
Beck, Robert	1592 -
Beck, Peter	1597 -
Robinson, Giles	1602 -
Singleton, Isaac	1623 -
Winter, John	1643 -
Mees, William	1653 -
Ratcliffe, Percival	1654 -
Studdert, J	1660 -
Marshall, Henry	1661 -
Lowrie, Richard	1667 -
Tullie, Thomas	1710 -
Nicholson, Thomas	1727 -
Christian, Thomas	1728 -
Lushington, James S	1770 -
Denton, Henry	1780 -
Denton, Isaac	1786 -
Lynn, James	1820 -
Gipps, Henry	1855 -
Goodwin, George G	1878 -
Richmond, Thomas K	1878 -
Rawnsley, Hardwick Drummond, Canon	1883 -

sundial

scratch dial?

BVP41.jpg Organ, made by Bishop, London, 1837, enlarged by Jardine, Manchester, 1920..
(taken 5.11.2011)
photograph

BVP40.jpg Font.
(taken 5.11.2011)
photograph

BVP46.jpg Parish chest, 1702
(taken 5.11.2011)
photograph

BVP47.jpg Parish chest:-
"WW 1702" (taken 5.11.2011)
photograph

BVP63.jpg Parish chest:-
(taken 5.11.2011)
photograph

BVP42.jpg Mothers Union banner.
(taken 5.11.2011)
photograph

BRA43.jpg Colours of the Skiddaw Greys; Keswick Company of the 1st Volunteer Border Regiment.
(taken 9.7.2009)
photograph

BVP52.jpg Candlestick.
(taken 5.11.2011)
photograph

BVP53.jpg Candlestick, label.
(taken 5.11.2011)
photograph

BVP54.jpg Model of the church in a spar box.
(taken 5.11.2011)
photograph

BVP43.jpg Light fitting - and very ugly lights.
(taken 5.11.2011)
photograph

BVP48.jpg Notice regarding electric lights.
(taken 5.11.2011)
photograph

BYJ02.jpg The locking bar to the church door.
(taken 21.5.2013)
photograph

BVP58.jpg A jetton, or casting counter, found in a church wall.
(taken 5.11.2011)
photograph

BVP59.jpg Notes about the jetton.
(taken 5.11.2011)
photograph

CBA81.jpg A humble boot scraper and boot jack.
(taken 9.7.2014)

BVP51.jpg Photograph, about 1886.
(taken 5.11.2011)

BVP49.jpg Watercolour painting, 1900s?
(taken 5.11.2011)
photograph

BVP50.jpg Watercolour painting, 1900s?
(taken 5.11.2011)

notes:-

Described in:-

Butler, Lawrence (ed): 2011: Church Notes of Sir Stephen Glynne for Cumbria, 1833-1872: CWAAS:: ISBN 978 1 873124 52 9

Extracted from the original notes made by Sir Stephen, now in Deiniol's Library, Hawarden, Flintshire, contact through Flintshire Record Office

notes:-

There has probably been a church here since the 6th century. A new church was built in 1180, and it was again rebuilt before the mid 14th century. The present building is supposed to have been built in 1553. It was restored in 1844, by Gilbert Scott, architect.

: : church leaflet

hearsay:-

Jocelyn of Furness says:-

St Kentigern, flying for his life from Glasgow, going to St David's, Wales, was told in Carlisle that many people in the mountains still worshipped false gods. He made a detour through Caldew, Greystoke, and Mugrisdale, and stayed for a little while at a larger settlement where he set up a cross in a clearing - Crossthwaite - this is his church.

personal

person:-

poet
: Southey, Robert

place:-

burial place

dedication

person:-

: St Kentigern

place:-

Crosthwaite / Carlisle Diocese

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