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| St Michael, Dalston | ||
| St Michael's Church | ||
| Dalston Church | ||
| locality:- | Dalston | |
| civil parish:- | Dalston (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | church | |
| coordinates:- | NY36945016 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3650 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 30 2) placename:- St Michael'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. "St. Michael's Church (Vicarage) / Grave Yard" |
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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 1819 part 1 p.507 From the Compendium of County History:- "Dalston was the vicarage of Dr. Paley from 1774 to 1793. In the church-yard was buried Dr. Edward Rainbow, Bp. of Carlisle, 1684." |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) |
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| 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. goto source Page 99:- "..." "[Dalston] ... The church is a plain building, consisting of a nave, chancel, and south transept. The bell-gable is curious. The chancel has been lately repaired in the most tasteful manner by the Lord Bishop, who is patron and impropriator. ..." |
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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. NUR1NY35.jpg "DALSTON WITH CUMDIVOCK" item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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| stained glass |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Church of St Michael and All Angels |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS / / THE SQUARE / DALSTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 78336 / NY3694450162" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Church. C12 and C13, partly rebuilt in 1749; 1890 restoration by C.J. Ferguson. Red sandstone rubble; graduated greenslate roof with coped gables. 4-bay aisled nave, the lower part of which is C13, with double open bellcote and north porch; north and south transepts. 3-bay C13 chancel with 1890 north vestry. Nave; blocked medieval south door now forms recess under 1890 rededication inscription. Blocked C18 entrance in west wall. C19 porch incorporates, inside, an C18 font, 2 medieval graveslabs, a carved Transitional style capital and a C17 inscription stone partly covered by 1914-18 war memorial. C19 2-light windows with geometrical tracery. North transept has C19 circular window with geometrical tracery. Chancel: priest's door in pointed arch under pedimented hood. Original lancet windows and small pointed leper window. 3-light east window. Interior of nave: open timber ceiling of 1890, supported on timber columns. Continuous low stone seat along south wall is thought to be medieval. Walls panelled in 1890 with wood from the C18 box pews. South transept stained glass by Clayton and Bell, 1909. North transept organ screen by C.J. Ferguson. C19 font by R.H. Billings with carved oak cover by Sir Robert Lorimer. Chancel: rounded rere-arches to medieval windows. White marble wall plaque to Reverend Walter Fletcher 1846 by Musgrave Lewthwaite Watson." |
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 CBL33.jpg Organ. (taken 22.8.2014)  BSC87.jpg Organ. (taken 6.2.2010)  BMA67.jpg (taken 5.5.2006)  CBL32.jpg Mothers Union banner. (taken 22.8.2014)  CBL34.jpg Memorial, Isaac Sheffiled, d.1861. (taken 22.8.2014)  CBL39.jpg Roll of Honour. (taken 22.8.2014) |
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 CBL36.jpg A date stone placed in the wall of the old porch:- "TB GB / 1693" (taken 6.2.2010) |
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| This, perhaps, has nothing to do with the church. |
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| dedication | ||
| person:- | : St Michael |
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| place:- | Dalston / Carlisle Diocese | |
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