Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Holy Trinity and St Constantine, Wetheral

Holy Trinity and St Constantine, Wetheral

Holy Trinity and St Constantine's Church

St Constantine's Church

Wetheral Church

locality:-

Wetheral

civil parish:-

Wetheral (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

church

coordinates:-

NY46815440

1Km square:-

NY4654

10Km square:-

NY45

references:-

: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

BXS21.jpg (taken 30.11.2012)
photograph

CEW33.jpg (taken 17.4.2016)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 24 6)
placename:- Trinity 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.
"Trinity Church (Per Curacy) / Grave Yard"

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag

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.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1804 opp p.9

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"View of WETHERALL CHURCH, from Corby Walks."

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag 1804

source data:-

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Gentleman's Magazine 1804 p.9 "Jan. 2."
"Mr. URBAN,"
"PERMIT me, Sir, to add to your collection of churches, by transmitting you a drawing of one in Cumberland."
"Wetheral church is a handsome edifice, built with stone in the Gothic style, consisting of three ailes, supported on each side by three massive pillars. The nave is divided from the chancel by a fine Gothic arch. The South side of the chancel apparently bears greater antiquity than the rest of the building: two inscriptions in Gothic letter remains there; one over the door, the other over the window, viz."
"Orate p' anima Richardi Wedderhall. / [D]rate[ ] Willi'mi Thornton abbatis."
, inset "In 1774, the roof was covered with blue slate; and in 1789 and 1790, the whole was flagged, stalled, plastered, and ceiled; the tower was built, finished with four spires, and a bell hung therein. In 1790. the chapel over the burying vault, belonging to Corby Castle, was rebuilt by Henry Howard, esq. to the memory of his lady and ancestors."
"Between the north aile and the chancel of the church are the effigies of a man and woman in alabaster, which (it is supposed) are sacred to the memory of Sir Richard Salkeld, who resided at Corby Castle. There is an inscription to this, but it is almost obliterated."
"Yours, &c."
"C.H."

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag
item:- monument

source data:-

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Gentleman's Magazine 1819 part 1 p.508
From the Compendium of County History:- "In Wetheral church is the monument, by Nollekens, of Maria, daughter of Lord Archer, and wife of Henry Howard, esq. who died 1789."

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 121:- "..."
"... The church is a neat edifice of the perpendicular style, consisting of a nave with aisles and clerestory windows, and a chancel with north aisle, the burial-place of the Howards. A modern tower stands at the west end. In the chancel, on a table monument having its sides adorned with foliated circles in squares, lie the mutilated effigies of Sir Richard Salkeld, knight, and his lady, the ancient possessors of Corby, from whom that manor passed by purchase to the present proprietors. The monumental chapel of the Howards contains that masterpiece of Nollekins', his monument to the first lady of the late H. Howard, Esq. She was daughter of Lord Archer, and died in giving birth to her first child. She is represented as half-reclining on the tomb, the infant lying across her lap, and an angel in a stooping posture directing her upturned gaze to heaven. Further description is needless: tender minds will always feel themselves sensibly affected by the contemplation of a fate so melancholy, and that will be increased by the view of it, pourtrayed as it is here in so touching a manner."

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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"WETHERAL"
Linked to Warwick
item:- JandMN : 27
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notes about bells

stained glass

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:- Church of the Holy Trinity and St Constantine

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY AND ST CONSTANTINE / / / WETHERAL / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 77762 / NY4681754401"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Church. C13 with alterations of early C16, 1790-91, 1872 (by R.J. Withers) and 1881-2. Dressed red sandstone, graduated slate roofs, coped east gable. West tower, nave with vestry and south porch, chancel and chapel, bellcote at east end. Hexagonal tower, on site of medieval porch, 1790 with 1882 upper part. Round-arched moulded West door under 2-light window. C19 clock. Drip moulds at floors and openings; battlemented parapet with corner water spouts and pinnacles. C16 nave doors and windows, some blocked or repositioned; C16 clerestory. C19 south extension in re-used stone with 4-light window. Chancel has 5-light east window. South window and priest's door have inscriptions to William Thornton and Richard Wedderhall, Priors of Wetheral 1500-30 and 1534-9. 4-bay double-chamfered nave arcades. Medieval features include C13 hexagonal font, tomb chest with effigies of Sir Richard and Dame Jane Salkeld c1500, and fragments of stained glass. Other glass of C19 and Howard Chapel of 1791 Gothic style, has buttresses rising to pinnacles and battlemented parapet; also large cast iron pointed windows, an early use of this material. Interior has rib-vaulted plaster ceiling. Its chief ornament is a life sized monumental figure of Faith, commemorating Lady Maria Howard, died 1789, by Joseph Nollekens for Henry Howard of Corby Castle who built the chapel as her memorial. Nollekens considered this to be his finest work and he is shown carving this monument on his tombstone. See Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian &Archaeological Soc., vol. xxii (new series) pp.235-8."

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"HOWARD TOMB IN CHURCHYARD NEAR EAST WINDOW OF WETHERAL CHURCH / / / WETHERAL / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77763 / NY4683454408"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Tomb for Colonel Thomas Howard, died 1642. Dressed sandstone plinth supports chest capped by shaped slab of yellow sandstone, inscribed to various members of the Howard family of nearby Corby Castle, headed by the name of Colonel Howard who died at the battle of Atherton Moor. Probably an upright stone which was moved to this location from another part of the graveyard, on the construction of the Howard memorial chapel (immediately west) in 1791. Included for G.V. with the nearby Wetheral Church."

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-
item:- Dixon Monument

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"DIXON MONUMENT IN NORTH- WEST CORNER OF WETHERAL CHURCHYARD / / / WETHERAL / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77764 / NY4678054411"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Monument for Joseph Dixon of Broadwath, died 8 August, 1844, aged 45 years. Carved and moulded red sandstone. 2 metres high in Grecian style. Chamfered base with squared column inscribed in panels on 3 sides, cornice surmounted by ornate carved vase. No mason's name. Inscriptions record deaths of other members of the above's family. Included partly for G.V. with the nearby Wetheral Church."

memorials and tombs

evidence:-

old print:- Bogg 1898

source data:-

Print, engraving, Effigy of Sir Richard Salkeld and His Wife, Holy Trinity and St Contantiine, Wetheral, Cumberland, by S Harrison, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.

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Included on p.58 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg.
item:- JandMN : 231.28
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evidence:-

old print:- Jollie 1811
placename:- Wetheral Church

source data:-

Print, uncoloured woodcut engraving, View of Wetheral Church from Corby Walks, Holy Trinity and St Constantine's Church, Wetheral, Cumberland, published by Francis Jollie and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1811.

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Tipped in opposite part 1 p.69 of Jollie's Cumberland Guide and Directory.
item:- Armitt Library : A214.4
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evidence:-

old print:-
placename:- Weatheral Church
item:- stained glass

source data:-

Print, polychrome, Stained Glass, Weatheral Church, Holy Trinity and St Constantine's Church, Wetheral, Cumberland, published by G Bell, Fleet Street, London, 1842?

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Stained glass window within round headed embrasure. The window depicts the Virgin Mary standing in a meadow carpeted with flowers, holding the infant Jesus.
printed at bottom centre:- "Stained Glass. Weatheral Church, Cumberland. Pubd by G. Bell Fleet St London"
item:- Tullie House Museum : 1976.169.2.4
Image © Tullie House Museum

cross slabs

incumbents:-

Richard	1175 -
William	1200 -
Symon	1230 -
Henry	1232 -
Hugone - Hugh	1232 -
Elyas	1236 -
Everard - Heverard	1238 -
John	1241 -
Gilbert	1241 -
Randulph	1270 -
Richard	1270 -
Resyugton, Richard de	1338 -
Hartley, Ranulph	1538 -
Bellwood, Mr	1618 -
Peile, Mr	1620 -
Allyson, M	1622 -
Sewell, John, Sir	1629 -
Pawson, James, Sir	1629 -
Railton, Robert, Sir	1630 -
Smallwood, Gabriel	1674 -
Nicols, Thomas	1687 -
Smith, Thomas	1700 -
Bird, Isaac	1703 -
Tong, Edward	1714 -
Lazonby, Ben	1728 -
Gilbanks, George	1742 -
Stanger, E	1787 -
Lawson, Anthony	1790 -
Vansittart, G	1847 -
Hodgson, Joseph Lowther	1848 -
Blake, William	1861 -
Loftie, Arthur G	1904 -