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 St John, Ulpha
sundial, Ulpha
site name:-   St John's Church
locality:-   Ulpha
civil parish:-   Ulpha (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   sundial
coordinates:-   SD19799325
1Km square:-   SD1993
10Km square:-   SD19


photograph
BQQ24.jpg  The pedestal is inscribed
"CMP / 1761" (taken 29.5.2009)  
photograph
BQQ25.jpg (taken 29.5.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 83 15) 
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.
"Sundial"
north of church 

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"SUNDIAL IN CHURCHYARD TO NORTH OF CHURCH / / / ULPHA / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76286 / SD1979693259"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Sundial; dated 1761, with initials C.M.P., on sides of block. Sandstone shaft, with moulded edges, surmounted by block, square in plan, c1 1/2 ft high. Octagonal brass sundial plate, with gnomon, is later addition inscribed The gift of Wm Danson."


photograph
BQQ26.jpg  Inscribed:-
"The Gift / of Wm. Danson" (taken 29.5.2009)  

notes:-  
Cumbrian Sundials database, R Sylvester, 29.5.2008:-
"Ulpha, Dunnerdale / St. John's church, left of lychgate / Half plinth by rocky outcrop"
made 1750
British Sundial Society reference number 186

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