Old Cumbria Gazetteer - St Mary, Threlkeld

St Mary, Threlkeld

St Mary's Church

Threlkeld Church

locality:-

Threlkeld

civil parish:-

Threlkeld (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

church

coordinates:-

NY32182535

1Km square:-

NY3225

10Km square:-

NY32

references:-

: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

BMX21.jpg (taken 23.10.2006)
photograph

BRJ93.jpg (taken 7.9.2009)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 56 16)
placename:- St Mary'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 Mary's Church (Per Curacy) / Grave Yard"

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 94:- "..."
"[Threlkeld] ... the chapel is dedicated to Saint Mary, and is in the parish of Greystoke. ..."

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.

NUR1NY32.jpg
"THRELKELD"
item:- JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

notes about bells

stained glass

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:- Church of St Mary

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"CHURCH OF ST MARY / / / THRELKELD / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73572 / NY3218225352"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Parish Church. 1777 with 1910 restoration. Rendered walls under graduated greenslate roof with coped gables and cross finial. 5-bay nave/chancel with rectangular west tower and south porch. Porch has louvred doors in pilastered surround under open pediment. Nave/chancel has keyed round-arched windows and Venetian east window. Interior has open timber roof and altar panelling of 1910. Creed and pater boards on west wall. White marble plaque to Reverend Thomas Edmondson, 1797, by Webster of Kendal. Royal Arms of George III."

incumbents:-

Piel, Thomas	1573 - 1602
Wilson, Edward	1602 - 1645
Lowes, John	1645 - 1662
Lowther, Tristram	1662 - 1697
Naughley, Andrew	1698 - 1705
Edmondson, Thomas	1756 - 1797
Collinson, Thomas	1798 - 1857
Whiteless, William	1858 - 1866
Grant, Charles	1866 - 1876
Saul, James Edward	1876 - 1879
Brunskill, Joseph	1879 - 1893
Jefferson, William	1893 - 1896
Crosse, John Ormandy	1896 - 1904
Scott, John Archibald	1904 - 1916

BVJ81.jpg (taken 18.9.2011)
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BRJ95.jpg Organ.
(taken 7.9.2009)
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BRJ94.jpg Coat of arms, George ?.
(taken 7.9.2009)
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CBC92.jpg Mr Knight carving the font at Threlkeld Quarry, 1911.
(taken 7.9.2009)
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CBC93.jpg Font, Bram Crag granite, Threlkeld Qaurry.
(taken 7.9.2009)
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BVJ83.jpg Mothers Union banner
(taken 18.9.2011)
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BVK75.jpg (taken 1.10.2011)

BMX24.jpg Memorial to hunstmen:-
"A FEW FRIENDS HAVE UNITED TO RAISE THIS STONE IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE UNDERNAMED WHO IN THEIR GENERATION WERE NOTED VETERANS OF THE CHASE AND MOST OF WHOM LIE BURIED IN THIS CHURCH-YARD" Round the base:-
"The Forest Music is to hear the Hounds / Bend the thin Air, and with a lusty cry / Awake the drowsy echo, and confound / Their perfect language in a mingled voice. / GAX" It seems to have been made about 1902?
(taken 23.10.2006)
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