Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	St Andrew's Church
	other name:-	Borrowdale Church
	locality:-	Stonethwaite
	parish	Borrowdale parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		church
	coordinates:-	NY25781397
	10Km square:-	NY21
	1Km square	NY2513
		St Andrew's Church -- Stonethwaite -- Borrowdale -- Cumbria / -- 3.4.2006
		St Andrew's Church -- Stonethwaite -- Borrowdale -- Cumbria / -- 3.4.2006
	old map:-	Nurse 1918
		Map, The Diocese of Carlisle, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, now Cumbria, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Rev Euston J Nurse, published by Charles Thurnam and Sons, 11 English Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1918 and 2nd edn 1939.
		GRANGE-IN-BORROWDALE WITH BORROWDALE
	site name:-	Keswick Rural Deanery
	site name:-	Archdeaconry of Westmorland
	site name:-	Diocese of Carlisle
	date:-	1939
	period:-	1930s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 68:-
		...
		Leaving Rosthwaite to proceed onwards to Wast Water, whither we shall pursue our journey, on the left is the neat small chapel belonging to this dale.
		Page 69:-
		It is situated at the foot of steep mountains, and was rebuilt in 1706, Joseph Harris being chapel-warden, as an inscription declares. ...
		Page 168:-
		Rossthwaite.- Near this village is the Chapel of Ease, standing at the point whence the three vales or grains of this extensive valley diverge.
	person:-	: Harris, Joseph
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old print:-	Sylvan 1847
		Print, engraving, Rosthwaite Chapel, presumably St Andrew's Church, Stonethwaite, Borrowdale, Cumberland, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
		On p.202 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes.
		printed at bottom:-
		ROSTHWAITE CHAPEL.
	placename:-	Rosthwaite Chapel
	date:-	1847
	period:-	19th century, early
	descriptive text:-	Gents Mag 1751
		Map of the Black Lead Mines in Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.
		Before we came to Barrowdale chapel, which is situated on the left, the valley expands, ... The area of Barrowdale chapel is scarce equal to that of a pigeon cote, and its height much less. ...
	date:-	1751
	period:-	18th century, late; 1750s
	incumbents:-	Harrison, John 1750=1806 Parsable, William 1806=1839 Newby, George 1839=1873 West, George 1873=1875 Ward, John 1875=1876 Walker, Percy Cooper 1876=1879 Walker, Herbert Stratton 1879=1884 Taylor, John 1884=1892 Heels, Arthur John 1892=1901 Penson, Edward Allan 1901=1907 Bowker, Charles Arthur C 1907=1910 Ashworth, John 1910=1931
		photographs
		St Andrew's Church -- Stonethwaite -- Borrowdale -- Cumbria / -- 20.9.2009
		photographs
		St Andrew's Church -- Stonethwaite -- Borrowdale -- Cumbria / -- Organ. -- 18.9.2011
		St Andrew's Church -- Stonethwaite -- Borrowdale -- Cumbria / -- Mothers Union banner. -- 18.9.2011
		St Andrew's Church -- Stonethwaite -- Borrowdale -- Cumbria / -- 18.9.2011
	hearsay	There was probably a chapel here by 1615, and a Borrowdale Chapel was consecrated 1687.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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