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| hearse house, Holme St Cuthbert | ||
| locality:- | St Cuthbert's Church | |
| locality:- | Holme St Cuthbert School | |
| locality:- | Holme St Cuthbert | |
| civil parish:- | Holme St Cuthbert (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hearse house | |
| coordinates:- | NY10654727 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1047 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY14 | |
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 CDH91.jpg Plaque on a building in the school yard, "THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT, / AND THE HEARSE PURCHASED BY / VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE / USE OF ALL THE INHABITANTS OF / HOLME ST. CUTHBERTS. / 1877." (taken 12.6.2015) |
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| notes:- |
This housed a four wheel glass sided hearse and its harness. It was purchased by voluntary
subscriptions, 1877. Parishioners had the use of it for free; others paid fifteen
shillings. The hearse is gone, though one negraved glass side is now a window of an
outhouse in Newton. |
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