Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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 St Mary and St Bega, St Bees |
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| sundial, St Bees | ||
| site name:- | St Mary and St Bega's Church | |
| locality:- | St Bees | |
| civil parish:- | St Bees (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | sundial | |
| coordinates:- | NX96891217 | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9612 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
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 BUK37.jpg (taken 27.4.2011)  BUK38.jpg Pillar inscibed:- "IW / IR / WB / 1679" (taken 27.4.2011) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "SUNDIAL IN CHURCHYARD TO NORTH EAST OF PRIORY CHURCH CHANCEL / / B5345 / ST BEES / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76168 / NX9689912173" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Sundial, initialled and dated I.W., I.R., W.B., 1649 on top. 3 steps of sandstone slabs support monolithic octagonal stone shaft, c4 ft high, with central banding. Square top has circular brass plate with gnomon inset (probably not contemporary)." |
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 BUK39.jpg (taken 27.4.2011) |
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| notes:- |
Cumbrian Sundials database, R Sylvester, 29.5.2008:- |
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| "St. Bees / In churchyard north of Priory, by road / Plinth newer than plate" |
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| made 1649 |
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| British Sundial Society reference number 2725 |
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