Old Cumbria Gazetteer - St Thomas, Milnthorpe

St Thomas, Milnthorpe

St Thomas's Church

Milnthorpe Church

locality:-

Milnthorpe

civil parish:-

Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

church

coordinates:-

SD49888150

1Km square:-

SD4981

10Km square:-

SD48

references:-

: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

BJR03.jpg (taken 2.8.2005)
photograph

BUN56.jpg (taken 6.5.2011)

evidence:-

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

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 17:- "..."
"[Milnthorpe] ... The church was built in 1601, on the site of the old one, destroyed by fire, and"

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Page 18:- "consists of a nave and aisles, and a square tower containing three bells. It was re-pewed in 1775, and its interior is now remarkably neat. There are several monuments to the Bellingham, Preston, and other families."

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Page 153:- "[Milnthorpe] ... An elegant and beautiful chapel, in the lancet style, has lately been built and consecrated for the use of the inhabitants. ..."

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.