Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Holy Trinity, Brathay

Holy Trinity, Brathay

Holy Trinity Church

Brathay Church

locality:-

Brathay

civil parish:-

Skelwith (formerly Lancashire)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

church

coordinates:-

NY36220329

1Km square:-

NY3603

10Km square:-

NY30

references:-

: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

BOR07.jpg (taken 15.2.2008)
photograph

CGR92.jpg (taken 12.10.2017)

evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, Holy Trinity, Brathay, Lancashire, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 30 August 1845.

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AS0210.jpg
"Brathay Church / Aug 28. 1845"
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.488.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, Holy Trinity Church, Brathay, Lancashire, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 28 August 1845.

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AS0211.jpg
"from Aug 30. 1845"
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.488.11
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old text:- Martineau 1855
placename:- Brathay Chapel
item:- flower; daffodil; snowdrop; wood anemone; broom

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 19:- "... on a wooded knoll in the gorge of the valley, the beautiful little church, called Brathay Chapel, built by Mr. Redmayne. ..."
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Page 44:- "... the Brathay valley, with its pretty little church on its knoll, ..."
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Page 46:- "... crossing Brathay Bridge, and passing the parsonage. When the stranger sees the churchyard gate, he must alight, and walk up to the church. From the rock there he commands the mountain range from Coniston Old Man to the Langdale Pikes: the Brathay flows beneath, through its quiet meadows; and its dashing among the rocks, just under his feet, catches his ear;- Loughrigg, with its copses and crags and purple heather, rises immediately before him: and to the right he sees a part of Ambleside nestling between the hills, and a stretch of the lake. This churchyard has the first daffodils and snowdrops on the southern side of its rock; and, in its copse, the earliest wood anemones. Throughout the valley, spring flowers, and the yellow and white broom abound."

evidence:-

old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:- Brathay Chapel

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.

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PI03M1.jpg
"Brathay Cha."
cross; church
item:- private collection : 133.1
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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.

NUR1NY30.jpg
"BRATHAY"
item:- JandMN : 27
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stained glass

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:- Church of Holy Trinity

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY / / BOG LANE / SKELWITH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76888 / NY3622503298"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Church. 1836. For Giles Redmayne. Stucco with stone dressings, slate roof. 6-bay nave with short chancel and south-west tower (ritual west is actual south). Pilaster buttresses and corbelled frieze; coped gables to nave. Tower has set back buttresses and string courses; weathering over 2nd stage. West round-headed window and south entrance of one order and studded door. 2nd stage has 2 slots to each face; bell stage has 2-light round-headed louvred bell openings. Nave has round-headed windows, 3 to south and 2 to north have later C19 2-light tracery with transoms. West has 1:2:1-light windows, stepped string course over and top roundel; square pinnacle to left. West bay of north side is recessed with gabled porch. Chancel has hipped roof, 3-light traceried east window; north gabled vestry and taller flat roofed organ loft with stack. Interior has deep arch-braced roof with traceried spandrels. East bay of nave has traceried timber screen and stalls, open to centre. Chancel arch has roll moulding and columns with scalloped capitals. Traceried panelling and reredos. Octagonal font with inscription, on squat round shaft. Some good C19 stained glass to north and south and some decorative panels to west."

memorials

evidence:-

old print:- Atkinson 1847 (5th edn 1850)
placename:-  Brathay District Church
item:-  fishing; moonlight
item:-  religion

source data:-

Print, woodcut engraving, Brathay District Church, Holy Trinity, Brathay, Skelwith, Westmorland, by T W Holme, engraved by George Measom, published by Thomas Atkinson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1850.

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AK2E04.jpg
On p.17 of a Handbook to the English Lakes, 5th edn.
printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "TWHolme / G. MEASOM / Brathay District Church."
item:- Armitt Library : A1144.5
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ring of bells

incumbents:-

Marriner, John	1836 - 1837
Palmer, J B	1837 - 1839
Boutflower, S P	1840 - 1842
Hodgson, William	1842 - 1856
Boutflower, S P	1856 - 1868
Callender, H S	1868 - 1885
Rawson, C S	1885 - 1899
Hulbert, C L	1900 - 1903
Baines, T H	1903 - 1931

BSE91.jpg Organ.
(taken 5.12.2005)
photograph

CGS11.jpg Organ maker:-
"WORDSWORTH & Co. / LEEDS" (taken 5.12.2005)
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BSE92.jpg Poor box:-
"ALMS" (taken 5.12.2005)
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CGR93.jpg Roof timbers.
(taken 12.10.2017)
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BSF01.jpg Seat, memorial to Janet Faulkner, died 2006.
(taken 20.2.2010)
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BSE94.jpg (taken 5.12.2005)
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BLK85.jpg (taken 5.12.2005)
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BZT93.jpg (taken 30.1.2014)
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CAM97.jpg (taken 2.5.2014)

notes:-

Built in 1834 with funds from Giles Redmayne of Brathay Hall who had made a fortune trading in silks from Italy. The location was chosen by William Wordsworth; the italianate style comes from Redmayne's business connections in Italy. The church lies north-south because of the restrictions of the site.

Wordsworth said:-

"There is not a situation outside the Alps or among them more beautiful than this."

: : church leaflet

Paley and Austin series

person:-

architect
: Austin, Hubert J

person:-

architect
: Paley, Henry A

date:-

1905

Additional building.

dedication

person:-

: Holy Trinity

place:-

Brathay / Carlisle Diocese

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