Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	St James, Buttermere
	St James's Church
	Buttermere Church
locality:-	Buttermere
civil parish:-	Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	church
coordinates:-	NY17601703
1Km square:-	NY1717
10Km square:-	NY11
references:-	: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5
	BJQ19.jpg (taken 10.6.2005)   BMR67.jpg (taken 22.9.2006)
	Built 1840 with stone from Sour Milk Gill; extended with stone from Red Pike.
evidence:-	old map:- Gents Mag 1751 placename:-  Buttermeerhause Chapel
source data:-	Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751. GM1305.jpg "Buttermeerhause Chap" church  item:-  JandMN : 114 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:-  Buttermire Chapel
source data:-	Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760. BO18NY11.jpg "Buttermire Chap." no symbol  item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
source data:-	Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4NY11NE.jpg "Chap" church at Buttermere  item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-	old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (But/Cru/Low)  placename:-  Buttermere Chapel
source data:-	Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1794, version published 1800. CT08Vgn6.jpg "Buttermere Chapel ..." item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.2 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (But/Cru/Low)
source data:-	Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1794, version published 1800. CT8NY11T.jpg "Chapel" Marked by a cross, in Buttermere.  item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.2 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old text:- Wordsworth 1810
source data:-	Guide book, A Description of the Scenery of the Lakes, later A Guide through the District of The Lakes, by William Wordsworth, 1810-35.   goto source page 56  "... A man must be very insensible who would not be touched with pleasure at the sight of the chapel of Buttermere, so strikingly expressing, by its diminutive size, how small must be the congregation there assembled, as it were, like one family; and proclaiming at the same time to the passenger, in connection with the surrounding mountains, the depth of that seclusion in which the people live, that has rendered necessary the building of a separate place of worship for so few. A patriot, calling to mind the images of the stately fabrics of Canterbury, York, or Westminster, will find a heart-felt satisfaction in presence of this lowly pile, as a monument to the wise institutions of our country, and as evidence of the all-pervading and paternal care of that venerable Establishment, of which it is, perhaps, the humblest daughter. The edifice is scarcely larger than many of the single stones or fragments of rock which are scattered near it."
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.   goto source Page 89:-  "..." "The chapel of ease is a small ancient building, scarcely capable of holding more than two score souls. 'A man must be very insensible who would not be touched with pleasure at the site of this chapel, so strikingly expressing by its diminutive size, how small must be the congregation there assembled,as it were, like one family; and proclaiming at the same time to the passenger, in connection with the surrounding mountains, the depth of that seclusion in which the people live that has rendered necessary the building of a separate place of worship for so few. The edifice is scarcely larger than many of the single stones or fragments of rock which are scattered near it.'"
evidence:-	old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s placename:-  St James's Church ???
source data:-	Drawing, pencil, St James's Church, Buttermere, Cumberland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 18 July 1846.   click to enlarge AS0251.jpg "Buttermere Ch. / July 1[8]. 1846" page number  "46" item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.488.51 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
source data:-	Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s. GAR2NY11.jpg cross, a church  item:-  JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old text:- Martineau 1855
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.   goto source Page 132:-  "On leaving Buttermere, and passing the very small chapel (which yet is "quite big" compared with the former one on the same site) ..."
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. NUR1NY11.jpg "BUTTERMERE" item:-  JandMN : 27 Image © see bottom of page
	stained glass
evidence:-	database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:-  Church of St James
source data:-	courtesy of English Heritage "CHURCH OF ST JAMES / / / BUTTERMERE / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72162 / NY1760417026"
source data:-	courtesy of English Heritage "Parish Church. 1840 with 1884 and 1933 additions. Squared stone and slate rubble, under graduated greenslate roof with coped gables. 2-bay nave with west twin bellcote, west porch and north vestry; single-bay chancel. Nave has lancet windows. Interior has C20 furnishings and fittings. East window by Henry Holiday, 1893. Stained-glass north window, 1903. Bronze plaque to Alan Catherall by his father Cyril Catherall, 1945."
evidence:-	old print:- Prior 1865
source data:-	Print, uncoloured engraving, St James's Church, Bttermere, Cumberland, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, 1865.   click to enlarge PI0105.jpg Included on page 27 of the guide book, Ascents and Passes in the Lake District of England, by Herman Prior.  item:-  JandMN : 235.7 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.3 no.23)  placename:-  Buttermere Chapel
source data:-	Print, uncoloured engraving, Mill Beck, and Buttermere Chapel, Cumberland, drawn by G Pickering, engraved by M J Starling, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1832-35.   click to enlarge PR0037.jpg vol.3 pl.23 in the set of prints, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated.  printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "G. Pickering. / M. J. Starling. / MILL BECK, AND BUTTERMERE CHAPEL, CUMBERLAND." item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.37 Image © see bottom of page
incumbents:-	Steble, John  1749 -  about  Simpson, J  1753 -  about  Wilson, W  1753 -   Lancaster, W  1756 -   Gaskarth, C  1759 -   Blennerhasseth, W  1761 -   Brockbank, R  1762 -   Birket, A  1764 -   Messenger, J  1767 -   Atkinson, J  1768 -   Henderson, J  1769 -   Wilson, P  1772 -   Atkinson, T  1774 -   Bacon, J  1776 -   Wood, J  1777 -   Clarke, J  1780 -   Jackson, J  1784 -   Wilkinson, J  1787 -   Hutchinson, W  1789 -   Wood, J  1799 -   Westmorland, T  1802 -   Bush, James  1839 -   Woodmason, J M  1843 -   Williams, Artur Monier  1873 -   Attlee, Simmonds  1882 -   Dunlop, Henry Robert  1892 -   Chamberlain, George A B  1897 -   Copeland, William  1898 -   Knight, Alfred John  1902 -   Irwin, Jeremiah  1909 -
	kneelers
	CCU66.jpg  Bells. (taken 10.4.2015)
	BNB96.jpg (taken 11.12.2006)   BPA06.jpg  Organ. (taken 16.4.2008)   BMR69.jpg  Alfred Wainwright's memorial, the window facing his favourite fells. (taken 22.9.2006)   BMR70.jpg  Alfred Wainwright's memorial:- "PAUSE AND REMEMBER ALFRED WAINWRIGHT FELLWALKER, GUIDE BOOK AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR WHO LOVED THIS VALLEY / LIFT YOUR EYES TO HAYSTACKS HIS FAVOURITE PLACE. 1907 - 1991" (taken 22.9.2006)   BPA05.jpg  Gate at the door made by Gilbert Hodgson, Warcop, 1968. (taken 16.4.2008)   BMR71.jpg  Gate at the door made by Gilbert Hodgson, Warcop, 1968. (taken 22.9.2006)
hearsay:-	Robert Walker, famous in Seathwaite, was curate and schoolmaster here from 1732, and was paid in kind. His salary was made up of:-
	whittle gate - a fortnight's free lodging at the house of each school pupil.
	a darrack of peats - a day's work of peats, the right to as much as he could dig in a day.
	goose grass - the right of pasturing a goose, gander and their brood on the fell or common land.
	harden sark - each parishioner was obliged to provide part of his clothing.
	dedication
person:-	: St James
place:-	Buttermere / Carlisle Diocese

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