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St Thomas, Farlam
St Thomas's Church
Farlam Church
locality:-   Kirkhouse
locality:-   Farlam
civil parish:-   Farlam (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NY56865988
1Km square:-   NY5659
10Km square:-   NY55
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


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BOD86.jpg (taken 7.9.2007)  
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CGX27.jpg (taken 1.12.2017)  


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CGX42.jpg  Watercolour painting.
(taken 1.12.2017)  
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CGX43.jpg  Watercolour painting.
(taken 1.12.2017)  

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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NUR1NY55.jpg
"FARLAM-CUM-MIDGEHOLME"
In the errata:-  "Farlam with Midgeholme"
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

 notes about bells

 stained glass

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Church of St Thomas a Becket
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST THOMAS A BECKET / / / FARLAM / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78026 / NY5686359881"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Church. 1860 by Salvin, near site of medieval church. Dressed calciferous sandstone on chamfered plinth with ashlar quoins; graduated green slate roof with coped gables. 4 bay nave with west double bellcote and north aisle; 2-bay chancel has south vestry. Nave has north and south gabled porches with pointed arches; 2-light lancet windows. Chancel has pointed lancets and tripartite east window; shouldered lintel to vestry is dated 1860. Interior: open timber roof, late C19 furnishings. 4-bay aisle has round columns and pointed arches. Late C19 stained glass."

incumbents:-  
Camell, William  1686 -  
Twedale, Edward  1709 -  
Fawcett, Thomas  1738 -  
Townley, William  1774 -  
Glbanks, George  1786 -  
Benn, William  1838 -  
Tandy, George Mercies  1845 -  
Lowthian, John  1848 -  
Gunston, Charles Foster  1885 -  
Smith, Thomas  1899 -  

 sundial


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CGX44.jpg  Royal coat of arms.
(taken 1.12.2017)  
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CGX39.jpg  Organ.
(taken 1.12.2017)  
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CGX40.jpg  Organ pipes.
(taken 1.12.2017)  
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CGX41.jpg  Organ pipes.
(taken 1.12.2017)  
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CGX38.jpg  Mothers Union banner.
(taken 1.12.2017)  
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BOD85.jpg (taken 7.9.2007)  
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CGX45.jpg  Boot scraper.
(taken 1.12.2017)  


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CBG96.jpg  Gravestone, Bell Family.
(taken 28.7.2014)  
This is also a memorial to:-
"... JOSEPH BELL AGED 51 YEARS SON OF / THE ABOVE MARGARET BELL CHIEF ENGINEER / OF THE S.S. TITANIC WHO WAS LOST WITH ALL HIS / ENGINEERING STAFF IN THE FOUNDERING OF / THAT VESSEL IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AFTER / COLLISION WITH AN ICEBERG APRIL 15TH. 1912. ..."

dedication
person:-    : St Thomas a Becket
place:-   Farlam / Carlisle Diocese

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