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St Oswald, Grasmere
St Oswald's Church
Grasmere Church
locality:-   Grasmere
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY33730738
1Km square:-   NY3307
10Km square:-   NY30
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

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BLL01.jpg (taken 5.12.2005)  
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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1) 
placename:-  St Oswald'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.
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 16, Westmerland. 
A church on the left of the road at:-  "Gresmere"
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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church 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
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 211:-  "... [from Dunmail Raise] ... from the shore [of Grasmere] a low promontory pushes itself far into the water, and on it stands a white village, with the parish church rising in the midst of it; ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) 
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Church"
Labelled, out of position, not marked. 
item:-  private collection : 10.9
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1804 (plate 9) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured aquatint, Grasmere Church and Lake, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1804.
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Plate 9 from a series. 
printed at bottom:-  "Grasmere Church &Lake. / Drawn and Engraved by Wm. Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1804."
printed at top right:-  "9"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2014.151
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evidence:-   old print:- Fielding and Walton 1821 (plate 21) 
placename:-  Grasmere Church
source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Grasmere Church and Helm Crag, Grasmere, Westmorland, drawn by John Walton, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821.
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St Oswald's Church. 
Tipped in opposite p.106 in A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 1993.R566.21
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evidence:-   :- Hullmandel 1826
placename:-  Grasmere Church
source data:-   image  click to enlarge
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Print, uncoloured lithograph, Grasmere Church, from the foot of Helm Crag, Grasmere, Westmorland, drawn by Miss I Cropper and Miss S Atkins, published by Charles Hullmandel, London, 1826.  "Drawn on Stone by I.C & S.A. / Printed by C. Hullmandel. / GRASMERE CHURCH. / FROM THE FOOT OF HELM CRAG."
item:-  
Armitt Library : ALMA370.5
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
item:-  yew; tree
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 43:-  "... The church and the rectory stand near it [Grasmere], nearly in the centre of the dale, the former being dedicated to Saint Oswald, and consisting of a nave, with aisles, south porch, and a chancel. The tower is square and embattled. The doors are ornamented with old iron scroll-work. The interior is dark and gloomy, occupied by oaken benches, and the floor strewed with rushes, which are renewed amid much rejoicing every summer, when a queen of the sports is appointed. The painter, Green - indefatigable and praise-worthy artist! - lies buried in this church-yard, towards which he seems to have had some kindly predisposition. 'The church-yard of Grasmere, shaded by aged pines and sycamores, is interesting to those who court silence and solitude. Some charitable stranger has lately added the mournful yew, a tree sacred to such situations.'"
evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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cross, a church 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) 
item:-  gravestone
source data:-   Print, uncoloured, Wordsworth's Grave, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1853 edn 1880s?
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On p.40 of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "WORDSWORTH'S GRAVE."
item:-  JandMN : 474.14
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) 
placename:-  Grasmere Church
source data:-   Print, uncoloured, Grasmere Church, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1853 edn 1880s?
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On p.42 of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE CHURCH."
item:-  JandMN : 474.15
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
item:-  gravestone
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 52:-  "... In the church is a medallion portrait of Wordsworth, accompanied by an inscription adapted from a dedication of Mr. Keble's. The simple and modest tombstone in the churchyard will please him better. At present it bears only the name of the poet,- in his case, an all-sufficient memorial: but it is understood that some dates and other particulars will be filled in hereafter. Beside him lies his only daughter, and next to her, her husband,- whose first wife is next him on the other side. Some other children of Wordsworth, who died young, are buried near; and one grandchild. Close behind the family group lies Hartley Coleridge, at whose funeral the white-haired Wordsworth attended, not very long before his own death. This spot, under the yews, besides the gushing Rothay and encircled by green mountains, is a fitting resting-place for the poet of the region. He chose it himself; and every one rejoices that he did."
evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1859
item:-  mort safe
source data:-   Print, Nelson print, Graves of Wordsworth and Coleridge, Grasmere, Westmorland, published by T Nelson and Sons, London etc, 1859.
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printed, bottom  "GRAVES OF WORDSWORTH &COLERIDGE."
item:-  Armitt Library : 2003.13.10
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS541
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  gravestone
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, gravestones of William and Mary Wordsworth and Edward and Dora Quillinan, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
stamped at reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS499
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0573.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS233
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  reflection
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS234
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, St Oswald's Church, nave, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS235
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evidence:-   old print:- Philip/Wilson 1890s
source data:-   Print, engraving, Wordsworth's Grave, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, published by George Philip and Son, London, Philip, Son and Nephew, Liverpool, Lancashire, and Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1895.
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"WORDSWORTH'S GRAVE."
item:-  JandMN : 58.25
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evidence:-   old print:- Bradley 1901
placename:-  Grasmere Church
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Grasmere Church, St Oswald's, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Joseph Pennell, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
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On page 234 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley. 
printed at lower left:-  "AG"
printed at lower right:-  "Joseph Pennell"
printed at bottom:-  "Grasmere Church."
item:-  JandMN : 464.60
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evidence:-   old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908) 
placename:-  Grasmere Church
source data:-   Print, colour halftone, Grasmere Church, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, from a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 2nd edn 1908.
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Opposite p.46 of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer. 
printed at tissue opposite the print:-  "GRASMERE CHURCH"
item:-  JandMN : 468.15
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evidence:-   old print:- Reynolds 1915
placename:-  Grasmere Church
source data:-   Print, colour halftone, Grasmere Church, St Oswlad's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, from a painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1915.
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"GRASMERE CHURCH"
item:-  JandMN : 1071.4
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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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"GRASMERE"
item:-  JandMN : 27
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Photochrom 1930s
placename:-  Grasmere Church
source data:-   Photograph, black and white halftone print, Grasmere Church, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, published by Photochrom Co, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 1930s?
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printed,  "Grasmere Church. / ..."
item:-  JandMN : 1015.9
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Parish Church of St Oswald, Grasmere, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290? published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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On p.97 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
RCHME no. Wmd, Grasmere 1 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.69
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 stained glass
 hatchments
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Church of St Oswald
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST OSWALD / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / I / 451914 / NY3373707380"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Unusual building of C14, with arcade and roof of circa 1562 and C17. Sturdy castellated west tower with a batter and narrow cusped lancet window. South porch. Very sturdy proportions. Interior very original, with 2 naves divided by a two-tier arcade, the upper arches standing on the apex of the lower ones. The arcades do not reach the ridge, but there is a king-post open roof (not identical) over each nave. Mural monuments of early C19. Wordsworth bust in relief 1851 by Thomas Woolner."
"For group notes see General group description under Grasmere."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
item:-  gravestone
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"WORDSWORTH GROUP OF GRAVES IN CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST OSWALD / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 451915 / NY3377107398"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"A group of 12 graves of Wordsworths and Quillinans, with headstones and enclosing iron railings at south-east corner of churchyard. For group notes see General group description under Grasmere."
evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Wordsworth's Grave, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, drawn by W H J Bool, engraved by Whymper, published 1920s-30s?
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On page 224 of Picturesque Europe, The Lake Country. 
printed at lower left, right:-  "WHJBool / WHYMPER Sc"
printed at bottom:-  "Wordsworth's Grave."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.353
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evidence:-   old print:- Robertson 1911
source data:-   Print, lithograph? Grasmere Church, St Oswald's, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
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Tipped in opposite p.292 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE CHURCH"
signed at painting lower left:-  "Arthur Tucker"
item:-  JandMN : 197.50
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evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
placename:-  Grasmere Church
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Grasmere Church, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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On p.149 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE CHURCH. (pp.137-139). / (The burial place of William and Dorothy Wordsworth)."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.62
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, The Graves in Grasmere Churchyard, William Wordsworth et al, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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On p.137 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "THE GRAVES IN GRASMERE CHURCHYARD. (pp.138, 139)."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.58
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evidence:-   old print:- Bogg 1898
item:-  gravestone
source data:-   Print, engraving, Grasmere Church, and Wordsworth's Grave, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Lakes, Westmorland, by A Haselgrave, 1897, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
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Included on p.175 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. 
item:-  JandMN : 231.62
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evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Wordsworth's Grave, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, late 19th century.
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The gravestones of William Wordsworth, Hartley Coleridge, and others. 
printed at bottom:-  "Wordsworth's Grave"
printed at image:-  "HARTLEY COLERIDGE / WILLIAM WORDSWORTH"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.290
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Loftie 1875
source data:-   Print, engraving, The Church at Grasmere, Westmorland, drawn by EMW, engraved by B and H, published by Marcus Ward and Co, 67-68 Chandos Street, Covent Garden, London, and Belfast, 1875.
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On p.65 of English Lake Scenery, by W J Loftie. 
printed at lower centre, left, centre:-  "B &H SC. / EMW / THE CHURCH AT GRASMERE."
item:-  Armitt Library : A963.6
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Religious Tract Society 1860s
item:-  gravestone
item:-  Wordsworth
source data:-   Print, engraving, Grave of Wordsworth, at St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, published by the Religious Tract Society, London, 1860s?
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Tipped in opp.p.38 in How To See the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRAVE OF WORDSWORTH."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1150.4
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1859
source data:-   Print, engraving, Graves of Wordsworth and Coleridge, drawn by Keeley Halswelle, Edinburgh, published by T Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, London, and Edinburgh and New York, United States, 1859.
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Tipped in oppposite p.236 of a guide book, The English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRAVES OF WORDSWORTH AND COLERIDGE."
item:-  JandMN : 336.7
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evidence:-   old print:- Farington 1789 (plate 5) 
source data:-   Print, engraving, Grasmere, Lakes, Cumbria, painted by Joseph Farington, engraved by B T Pouncy, published by W Byrne, 69 Titchfield Street, London, 1785.
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Grasmere lake, Grasmere and St Oswald's Church, and Helm Crag etc, in the background. 
Plate 5 from Views of the Lakes, &c, in Cumberland and Westmorland, published 1789. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.4
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 ring of bells
incumbents:-  
Galdington, Henry de  1254 -  
Kendale, William de  1290 -  
Richard  1332 -  
Welle, Oliver de  1334 -  
Ursewyk, Edmund de  1349 -  
Middleton, Hugo de  1362 -  
Hoton, Walter  1401 -  
Pulham, Reginald  -  
Yrford, Peter  1443 -  
Plompton, George  1459 -  
Chamer, James  1486 -  
Ashton, Hugh  1505 - 1512 
Frost, John  1512 -  
Holgill, William  1525 - 1548 
Crofte, Gabriell  1548 -  
Jackson, William  1548 -  
Hunter, J  1548 -  
Walton, Hugh  1548 -  
Benson, Thomas, Sirre  1563 -  
Benson, John  1569 -  
Levens, Lancelot  -  
Wilson, John  1575 - 1626 
Fogg, Robert  1627 -  
Wilson, Henry  1628 - 1644 
Benson, Mr  1645 -  
Rawling, Christopher, Sir  1646 -  
Wallas, John  1653 - 1655 
Thompson, John  1655 -  
Ambrose, John  1660 -  
Brathwaite, John  1667 -  
Fleming, Henry  1684 - 1728 
Kilner, William  1728 -  
Fleming, George  1728 - 1733 
Fleming, William  1733 - 1743 
Craik, John  1743 - 1806 
Jackson, Thomas  1806 - 1822 
Fleming, Richard, Sir  1822 - 1857 
Kingsley, J  1822 - 1857 
McGrath, William Carol  1822 - 1857 
Harris, Frederick William  1822 - 1857 
Fleming, Fletcher  1857 - 1862 
Jefferies, Edward  1862 - 1878 
Fletcher, Henry Mordaunt  1878 - 1894 
Jennings, William  1894 - 1905 
Heywood, John Henry  1905 - 1910 
Peterson, Magnus Fraser  1910 - 1923 
evidence:-   old print:- Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890) 
item:-  gravestone
source data:-   Print, etching? Grasmere Churchyard, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Harry Goodwin, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890.
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Tipped in opposite p.120 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight. 
printed at lower centre:-  "Grasmere Churchyard / "Thou takest not away, O Death / Thou strikest - absence perisheth / Indifference is no more"
item:-  JandMN : 382.24
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1809
placename:-  Gasmere Church
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Grasmere Church, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1809.
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Plate 41 in Seventy Eight Studies from Nature. 
printed in introductory pages to set of prints:-  "Number 41. Grasmere has been many times celebrated. The Lake and Church, when connected with the surrounding scenery, from many points in the valley will wonderfully impress the mind with ideas of beauty. - But if this bottom be at present beautiful, how much more so might it be rendered, if every proprietor were anxious to do his best endeavour to add to it!"
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE CHURCH. / Published Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809, by W. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6637.41
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Green 1809
placename:-  Grasmere Church
source data:-   Print, Grasmere Church, St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, drawn and engraved by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1809.
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Summertime; Grasmere church stands to right of composition amidst a stand of trees. A stone bridge spans the river which flows in front of it. Distant fells rise beyond. 
printed at bottom centre:-  "GRASMERE CHURCH. Published Ambleside. Augst 1st 1809 by W. Green."
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.92.5
Image © Tullie House Museum
 Rushbearing 1780s
 Rushbearing 1888
 Rushbearing 1889
 Rushbearing 1891
 Rushbearing 1893
 Rushbearing 1896
 Rushbearing 2008
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

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BRR50.jpg  Organ.
(taken 7.10.2009)  
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CBW21.jpg  Pitch pipe.
(taken 17.10.2014)  
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CBW20.jpg  Church chest
(taken 17.10.2014)  
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BRR48.jpg  Coat of arms, Fleming Family
(taken 7.10.2009)  
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BRR49.jpg  Poor box, 1648.
(taken 7.10.2009)  
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CAP48.jpg  Offertory bag.
(taken 7.5.2014)  
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CAP49.jpg  War memorial plaque.
(taken 7.5.2014)  
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CAP50.jpg  Banner, St Oswald.
(taken 7.5.2014)  
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CBW24.jpg  Cupboard made from the old church door, 1897.
(taken 7.5.2014)  
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CBW22.jpg  Roof beams.
(taken 17.10.2014)  
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CAP51.jpg  Roof beams.
(taken 7.5.2014)  
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BPM62.jpg  Church door.
(taken 19.7.2008)  

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CAP52.jpg (taken 7.5.2014)  
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CBW23.jpg (taken 17.10.2014)  

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BSI72.jpg  Memorial, Elizabeth Fletcher, d.1858.
(taken 23.3.2010)  
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BSI73.jpg  Memorial, Laetitia Pritchard, d.1827.
(taken 23.3.2010)  
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BSI74.jpg  Memorial, Sir John Richardson, d.1865
(taken 23.3.2010)  
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BSI75.jpg  Memorial, William Wordsworth.
(taken 23.3.2010)  

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BRR51.jpg  Gravestone:-
"WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 1850. / MARY WORDSWORTH. 1859." (taken 7.10.2009)  
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BRR52.jpg  Gravestone:-
"DOROTHY WORDSWORTH 1855." (taken 7.10.2009)  
notes:-  
 There may have been a church here in Saxon times. The oldest part of the present building dates from the 13th century. The complicated structure derives from the addition of the north aisle.
William Wordsworth describes it in the 5th book of The Excursion, refering to its 'rude and antique majesty', 'pillars crowded', and 'naked rafters intricately crossed'.

: : church leaflet
hearsay:-  
 The rushbearing is on the Saturday nearest St Oswald's day, 5 August. This is a boon day for the church.
personal
person:-   poet
 : Wordsworth, William
person:-    : Wordsworth Family
person:-   poet
 : Coleridge, Hartley
person:-   artist; engraver
 : Green, William
place:-   burial place
dedication
person:-    : St Oswald
place:-   Grasmere / Carlisle Diocese
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