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St Luke, Ousby
St Luke's Church
Ousby Church
locality:-   Row
locality:-   Ousby
civil parish:-   Ousby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY63183433
1Km square:-   NY6334
10Km square:-   NY63
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


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BRD55.jpg (taken 25.7.2009)  
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BNT26.jpg (taken 30.5.2007)  

evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
item:-  Essay towards a Natural History of Cumberland and WestmorelandNatural History of this World of Matter and this World of LifeAnatomy of the Earth
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.
image G819A508, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1819 part 1 p.508 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "Ousby was the rectory from 1672, till his death in 1719, of Thomas Robinson, author of 'An Essay towards a Natural History of Cumberland and Westmoreland,' 'A Natural History of this World of Matter and this World of Life,' and 'The Anatomy of the Earth.'"

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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NUR1NY63.jpg
"OUSBY"
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

 notes about bells

 stained glass

 kneelers

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Church of St Luke
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST LUKE / / TOWNHEAD / OUSBY / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73230 / NY6317434326"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Church. Incorporates medieval walling but extensively rebuilt in late C16 and again in 1858. Early work of rubble or large blocks; C19 masonry squared, snecked, and hammer-dressed. Part of medieval plinth and quoining survives; buttresses C19. Graduated slate roofs with some stone flagging to eaves; pedimented belfry to west, apex crosses to east. 2-cell plan. Jamb of medieval north door visible to left of 1896 gabled porch which encloses blocked original lancet; another original lancet in south wall opposite. Other windows C19. Ornate pedimented memorial slab fastened to south wall has fine inscriptions dated 1767 and 1791. Internally, combined piscina and 3-seater sedilia in south chancel wall is partly medieval. Early C14 wooden effigy of knight is unpainted but part of one side is missing."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CROSS TO SOUTH OF CHANCEL TO ST LUKE'S CHURCH / / TOWNHEAD / OUSBY / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73231 / NY6317734318"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Cross base, possibly medieval. Cubic sandstone block with c3 ft of shaft in situ within socket."

 cross slabs


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BRD57.jpg "Rectors of Ousby." (taken 25.7.2009)  


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BNT28.jpg  The church harmonium:-
"'Dominion' / Orchestral Organ" (taken 30.5.2007)  
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BRD58.jpg  Harmonium, label:-
"'Dominion' / Orchestral Organ" (taken 25.7.2009)  
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BRD59.jpg  Harmonium, label:-
"Bowmanville / Ontario, Canada" (taken 25.7.2009)  
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CEE84.jpg  Harvest Festival display.
(taken 30.10.2015)  
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CEE85.jpg  World War I banner.
(taken 30.10.2015)  
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CEE86.jpg  World War I banner.
(taken 30.10.2015)  
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BWN94.jpg  Cross?
(taken 25.5.2012)  
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CEE80.jpg (taken 30.10.2015)  


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BNT27.jpg  Wood effigy of a crusader.
(taken 30.5.2007)  
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CEE94.jpg (taken 30.10.2015)  

dedication
person:-    : St Luke
place:-   Ousby / Carlisle Diocese

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