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| Holy Spirit, Distington | ||
| Church of the Holy Spirit | ||
| Distington Church | ||
| Street:- | Church Road | |
| locality:- | Distington | |
| civil parish:- | Distington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | church | |
| coordinates:- | NY00422360 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0023 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY02 | |
| references:- | : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 7) |
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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. "Church (Rectory) / Grave Yard" |
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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. NUR1NX92.jpg "DISTINGTON" item:- JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Church of the Holy Spirit |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT / / CHURCH ROAD / DISTINGTON / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76116 / NY0042723600" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Parish Church, 1886 by Hay & Henderson replacing medieval church. Snecked rubble with quoins on chamfered plinth; stepped buttressing. Steeply pitched graduated slate roofs with stone copings, kneelers, and apex crosses; decorative ridge tiles. Corniced stone octagonal chimney to north side of chancel. 4-bay nave, 2-bay chancel with low tower offset to south. 3 lancets to west end with cinquefoil above. South porch, with moulded, pointed arch, in 2nd bay from west. Paired lancet aisle windows; plate traceried nave clerestory windows each 3 quatrefoils under pointed containing arch. Lancets to north side of chancel, 3-stage tower (incorporating vestry) to south; east window 5 stepped lancets with nook shafts. Interior: Pointed nave arcade carried on polished granite piers with foliate capitals (carved 1897). Roof trusses spring from corbels; decorative tie-beams. Moulded chancel arch on corbels. 3-seater sedilia with piscina and aumbry in chancel. Ornate altar carved with interlaced arcading and angels in niches. Polygonal pulpit carved with scenes from Bible. Bowl-shaped marble font on pillar at west end; octagonal stone font from earlier church dated 1662. Stained glass by Powell &Co." |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Calverley 1899 item:- cross |
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| source data:- | In the church:- click to enlargeCV1087.jpg  click to enlargeCV1088.jpg Lithographs by W S Calverley. item:- JandMN : 190 Image © see bottom of page |
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| dedication | ||
| person:- | : Holy Spirit |
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| place:- | Distington / Carlisle Diocese | |
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