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St Thomas, Selside
St Thomas's Church
Selside Church
locality:-   Selside
civil parish:-   Whitwell and Selside (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   SD53549921
1Km square:-   SD5399
10Km square:-   SD59
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


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BLQ52.jpg (taken 1.3.2006)  
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BLQ54.jpg (taken 1.3.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 5) 
placename:-  St Thomas's 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.
"St Thomas's Ch. (Per Curacy) / Grave Yard"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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church 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   possibly old map:- Baker 1802
placename:-  Sonset Chapel
source data:-   Perspective road maps with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
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"Sonset Chapel"
item:-  private collection : 3
Image © see bottom of page

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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"SELSIDE"
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page


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CBH97.jpg (taken 1.8.2014)  

 accident 18410801

 stained glass

 kneelers

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Church of St Thomas
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST THOMAS / / / WHITWELL AND SELSIDE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75761 / SD5355099206"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Church. 1838, tower 1894. Plastered stone, the tower of stone rubble with slobbered mortar, some roughcast and ashlar dressings; slate roof. 4-bay nave and west tower. Nave has coped east gable with kneelers and cross, diagonal buttress to south. Narrow stack to north of 3-light traceried window with single-chamfered mullions. Later lean-to outbuilding with gabled building to north end. South facade of nave has lancets with chamfered reveals. North facade has organ loft under catslide roof to east. 2 bays, with 3-light single-chamfered mullioned window with transom. Tower has bell stage over weathered band, plastered to west, top band and embattled parapet. Squat pyramidal roof with weather vane. West window of 3 round-headed lights; 4 light window to north, with weathered buttress to angle. South stair turret under lean-to roof has window of 2 round-headed lights. Gabled porch has Tudor-headed entrance and lozenge with date: 1838. 3 louvred bell-openings to each face of bell stage, but only 2 to east. Interior: Stepped round arch on corbels to tower, which has fluted beams. Partitioned-off vestry. Font of marble, of 4-lobed chalice form. Nave has boarded roof and tie beams; hat pegs to backs of pews. Enriched stall fronts and reredos; turned balusters to altar rail. Stained glass east window, the Good Shepherd, dated 1867. Older font is square, on chamfered pier, with date: 1709. Wood wall memorial to Ienet Kitchin, died 1712 aged 103, panel with entablature and apron with skull and cross bones."

incumbents:-  
Stephenson, John  1662 -  
Hunter, Thomas  1691 -  
Wright, John  1695 -  
Fisher, Isaac  1695 -  
Jefferson, John  1697 -  
Townsend, John  1704 -  
Green, William  -  
Langhorn, William  1748 -  
Hodgson, John  1752 -  
Atkinson, William  1753 -  
Chambre, Jacob  1764 -  
Parker, John  1771 -  
Monkhouse, Matthew  1780 -  
Airey, Thomas  1794 -  
Airey, Henry Holme  1831 -  
Lesh, Edward  1867 -  
Clarke, Joseph James  1887 -  


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BLQ53.jpg (taken 1.3.2006)  
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BNC25.jpg (taken 15.12.2006)  
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BLQ58.jpg  Organ, by Wilkinson and Sons, Kendal.
(taken 1.3.2006)  
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BLQ59.jpg  Organ, by Wilkinson and Sons, Kendal.
(taken 1.3.2006)  
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BNC23.jpg  Organ, by Wilkinson and Sons, Kendal.
(taken 15.12.2006)  
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BNC24.jpg  Organ pipes.
(taken 15.12.2006)  
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BVS62.jpg  Plaque about rebuilding 1894.
(taken 25.11.2011)  


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BLQ55.jpg  An earlier building, 1709.
(taken 1.3.2006)  
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BLQ56.jpg  Church as built in 1838, the date over the porch door.
(taken 1.3.2006)  
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BLQ57.jpg  Church with the tower added 1894.
(taken 1.3.2006)  

dedication
person:-    : St Thomas
place:-   Selside / Carlisle Diocese

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