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Reporton the Established Church
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The map is in a series of reports; title page of volume:-
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REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONERS: FIFTEEN VOLUMES. (15.) CHURCH;
EDUCATION; LAW, &c. SESSION 4 February - 20 August 1836.
VOL.XXXVI. 1836
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The map is plate 33 in its section; section title page, page
47:-
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THIRD REPORT FROM HIS MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO
CONSIDER THE STATE OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH WITH REFERENCE
TO ECCLESIASTICAL DUTIES AND REVENUES. (PRESENTED BY HIS
MAJESTY'S COMMAND.) Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be
Printed, 20 May 1836. / 280.
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(The page numbering of the compilation is not clear from
looking at one volume in the middle.)
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Page 9 (or 55) includes the recommendation:-
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24. That the Sees of Carlisle and Sodor and Man be united,
and that the Diocese consist of the present Diocese of
Carlisle, and those Parts of Cumberland and Westmoreland
which are now in the Diocese of Chester, of the Deanery of
Furnes and Cartmel in the County of Lancaster, of the Parish
of Aldeston, now in the Diocese of Durham, and the Isle of
Man.
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MAP FEATURES
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Maps of the dioceses are appended, page 13 (or 59):-
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... APPENDIX. MAPS of the several DIOCESES in ENGLAND and
WALES, as they now are, and as they are proposed to be.
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The maps are divided according to the Counties; and also
according to Archdeaconries and Deaneries; the Boundaries of
the latter being regulated by the Maps published in the
Valor Ecclesiasticus, and their names taken from Bacon's
Liber Regis.
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The Alterations, proposed by the Commissioners, are
designated by Two Colours. The Counties and Districts,
proposed to be transferred to other Dioceses, being coloured
Red,- this showing, at a Glance, the present, and the
proposed Territorial Conditions of each Diocese.
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The maps are on folded sheets tipped in on a guard. All have
a plate number top right. There is a title, eg:-
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CARLISLE, and MAN
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And ?all have the engraver's name bottom right:-
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S Arrowsmith Lithog
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The boundaries of county, archdeaconries, and deaneries are
marked, and referred to a table at the side:-
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Diocese (old) - Archdeaconry of Carlisle - Carlisle deanery,
Alderbie or Allerdale or Alnedale [deanery], Westmorland
[deanery]
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added from Chester - Archdeaconry of Richmond - Coupland
[deanery], Furnes & Cartmel [deanery], Kendal [deanery]
(part of), Kirkby Lonsdale [deanery] (part of)
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Archdeaconry of Isle of Man - was Diocese of Sodor and Man
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The map of Chester Diocese makes clear that the other parts
of the old Kendal deanery go to Manchester Diocese, and of
Kirkby Lonsdale to either Manchester of Ripon Diocese.
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The bishops residence is marked by a circle and labelled:-
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Rose Castle
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The cathedral church is marked by a cross, labelled:-
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Carlisle
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