Old Cumbria Gazetteer, St Andrew, Penrith

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placename:-

St Andrew's Church

other name:-

Penrith Church

locality:-

Penrith

parish

Penrith town, once in Cumberland

county:-

Cumbria

church

coordinates:-

NY51653018

10Km square:-

NY53

References

: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

1Km square

NY5130

St Andrew's Church -- Penrith -- Penrith -- Cumbria / -- 12.5.2006

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.

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PENRITH

site name:-

Penrith Rural Deanery

site name:-

Archdeaconry of Carlisle

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 131:-

...

The parish church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a large structure, rebuilt in 1722, by a rate and subscription: the tower, which contains a set of very sweet chimes, is ancient. In the churchyard is a curious relic of antiquity, called the Giant's Grave, consisting of two large pillars, ten feet in height, and distant fifteen feet from each other in the direction of east and west, having the space between them partly enclosed on each side by four large thin stones. Near them is another pillar named the Giant's Thumb, but it is six feet in height. ...

date:-

1839

period:-

19th century, early; 1830s

old text:-

Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)

Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.

Page 188:-

... The church was rebuilt of brick 1720, except the steeple. ...

date:-

1789

period:-

18th century, late; 1780s

descriptive text:-

Simpson 1746

The three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.

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... The Church is an handsome spacious Edifice, but hath nothing further remarkable but an Inscription in rude Characters, set up for a Monument to Posterity, upon the N. Outside of the Vestry Wall: Fuit Pestis, &c. i.e. There was a Plague in this County in 1598, whereof died at Kendal, 2500; at Richmond, 2200; at Penrith, 2266; and at Carlisle, 1196: Which Relation is the more observable, and worth our Notice, because we have no Account of this Accident in any of our Histories. In King Henry VIII's Days, it was honour'd with the Title of a Suffragen Bishop.

date:-

1746

period:-

18th century, early; 1740s

descriptive text:-

Defoe 1724-26

Travel book, Tour through England and Wales, by Daniel Defoe, published in parts, London, 1724-26.

... On the north side of the vestry of this church [Penrith] is erected in the wall an ancient square stone, with a memorial, intimating that in the year 1598 there was a dreadful plague in those parts, in which there dy'd;

Persons. / In Kendal, 2500 / In Penrith, 2266 / In Richmond, 2200 / In Carlisle, 1196 / 8162

N.B. By this account it should seem that every one of those towns had separately more people than the city of Carlisle, and that Kendal, which is the only manufacturing town of them, was the most populous.

date:-

1724=1726

period:-

18th century, early; 1720s

descriptive text:-

Bowen 1720 (plate 94)

Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, and a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, with text by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.

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The Church is a very Spacious & Fine Structure, remarkable for a Latin Inscription on the North outside of ye Vestry Wall, Signifying yt in the Year 1508 there was a raging Plague in this County which Destroyed grt. Numbers of People in this & ye Adjacent Towns, of wch. our Historians take not the least Notice. In King Henry 8ths. time it was Honoured with ye Title of a Suffragan Bishop. In ye Church Yard on ye North Side of ye Church, are 2 large Pillars, ...

date:-

1720

period:-

18th century, early; 1720s

descriptive text:-

Fiennes 1698

Travel book, manuscript record of Journeys through England including parts of the Lake District, by Celia Fiennes, 1698.

... there was also on the Church at Peroth a fine Clock which had severall motions, there was the starrs and signes there was the encrease and changes of the moone by a darke and golden side of a little globe.

date:-

1698

period:-

17th century, late

period:-

1690s

old map:-

Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)

Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.

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In mile 282, Cumberland.

Church to the left of the road, behind the houses.

date:-

1675

period:-

17th century, late; 1670s

database:-

Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage

PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW / / ST ANDREW'S CHURCHYARD / PENRITH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / I / 72923 / NY5164730156

courtesy of English Heritage

Red sandstone rubble west tower of C12 and C13. The west doorway and rest of church was rebuilt in 1720 in red sandstone ashlar, classical. Two rows of round-headed windows in chamfered openings and with triple keystones. Sundial on south wall. Interior has 2 tiers of Roman Doric arcades, wide aisles, and galleries of equal width over the aisles and at west. Panelled ceilings. Three round-headed lights in east wall. Round arched over altar, with paintings.

placename:-

Parish Church of St Andrew

district:-

Eden

listed building

coordinates:-

NY51643015

date:-

2010

period:-

2010s

database:-

Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage

MONUMENT TO RAILWAY CONTRACTORS IN ST ANDREW'S CHURCHYARD ON NORTH SIDE OF CHURCH / / ST ANDREW'S CHURCHYARD / PENRITH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 72924 / NY5165930184

courtesy of English Heritage

1846. Victorian Gothic monument to commemorate building of Lancaster to Carlisle Railway. Robert Virtue, superintendent, John Stephenson & Co. Stone. Two rectangular piers with pointed arched panels with inscriptions, ending at top in crocketted finials. Between the piers is Perpendicular Gothic tracery, cusped, with an ogee arch above ending in a foliated finial.

district:-

Eden

listed building -- monument

coordinates:-

NY51653018

date:-

2010

period:-

2010s

incumbents:-

Nevill, Ralph de	1215
Penreth, Simon de	1222
Cantelupe, Walter de	1223
Kirkoswald, Thomas de, Sir	1318 (up to)
Horncastle, Alan de, Sir	1318=1323
Kirkby, Gilbert de, Sir	1323=1325
Wormynton, Peter de	1325
Penreth, John de	1332
Penreth, John de, Sir	1355
Roter, John	1387
Bolton, Hugh de	1390
Strickland, William	1399
Hanekin, John	1428
Best, Thomas	1477
Beneman, Henry	1535
Sawell, Thomas	1536
Ellerton, Thomas, Sir	1565
Pearson, Robert, Sir	1565=11574
Robson, Robert, Sir	1574=1575
Walleis, William, Sir	1575=1601
Hastie, John	1601=1650
Baldwin, Roger	1650=1660
Webster, Simon	1660=1663
Fisher, Robert	1663=1665
Carter, Charles	1665=1667
d'Assigny, Marius	1667=1668
Bunting, Joshua	1668=
Child, John	=1694
Farington, Alexander	1694=1699
Todd, Hugh	1699=1728
Morland, John	1728=1748
Thompson, Gustavus	1748=1749
Worsop, Battie	1749=1750
Cowper, John	1750=1788
Grisdale, Browne	1788=1790
Fletcher, James	1790=1823
Fenton, John	1823=1833
Jackson, William	1833=1841
Clark, Thomas James	1841=1845
Milner, William Holme	1845=1853
Butler, Samuel Johnston	1853=1879
Chapman, Edward William	1879=1888
Monnington, Thomas Pateshall	1888=1905
Cropper, James	1905=1911

source:-

Dove 2009

diocese:-

Carlisle Diocese

coordinates:-

NY516302

coordinates:-

54d 39.9m N 2d 45.1m W

locality:-

Penrith

photocopy

Church Bells in Leath Ward:-
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vol.13 p.342

Whitehead, H: 1894: Church Bells in Leath Ward, part IV: TransCWAAS: vol.13: pp.310-342

Dove data

number of bells: 8
weight of tenor: 18 cwt 3 qtr 6 lb (2106lbs)
pitch of tenor: E
scale:-

E, F sharp, G sharp, A, B, C sharp, D sharp, E

Complete octave; intervals TTSTTTS; E major.

Bells 1, 5 and 8 cast by John Taylor and Co, 1889; 2-4, 6 and 7 by Lester and Pack, 1763.
Dove 2009

Data courtesy of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers

notes

There have been bells here since 1655; in 1661 there were probably 3; by 1704 there 5 bells, with one faulted and never rung. A new ring of 6 was cast by Lester and Pack, Whitechapel, London, 1763. The ring was hung by William Porthouse of Great Dockray. Two bells were added 1887.
The bells are named:-
Squilla / Nola / Nota [fire] / Signum [services] / Nundale [market] / Noctula [curfew] / Mortua [death] / Andreas
A carillon was installed by John Taylor and Co, Loughborough, 1915.
:: Short Guide to St Andrew's Church. Penrith::: leaflet available in church

notes

-- Notes about the bells. -- 22.11.2011

The bells were maintained by William Porthouse, who had a reputation for his breeding of dogs for bullbaiting. He also looked after the town fire engine; the bellringers were the firemen.
The bells were allocated to particular roles:-

1 fire bell

2 county fire bell

3 service prayer bell

4 market bell

5 curfew or taggy bell

6 death bell

2 cross slab grave covers; inside tower.
Ryder, Peter: 2001: Cross Slab Grave Covers of Cumbria: Cumbria CC (Carlisle, Cumbria)

photographs

St Andrew's Church -- Penrith -- Penrith -- Cumbria / -- Cross slab grave cover. -- 22.11.2011

old print:-

Robertson 1911

Wordsworthshire, by Eric Robertson, Windermere, Westmorland, illustrated by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.

Print, lithograph? Skiddaw and Blancathra, Seen from the Side of Penrith Beacon, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.

Tipped in opposite p.4 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson.

printed at bottom:-

SKIDDAW AND BLENCATHRA, SEEN FROM THE SIDE OF PENRITH BEACON / (In foreground and middle distance, Scumshaw Farm, Church and Castle of Penrith)

date:-

1911

period:-

1910s

notes

Described in:-
Butler, Lawrence (ed): 2011: Church Notes of Sir Stephen Glynne for Cumbria, 1833-1872: CWAAS:: ISBN 978 1 873124 52 9
Extracted from the original notes made by Sir Stephen, now in Deiniol's Library, Hawarden, Flintshire, contact through Flintshire Record Office

photographs

St Andrew's Church -- Penrith -- Penrith -- Cumbria / -- Organ -- 22.11.2011

St Andrew's Church -- Penrith -- Penrith -- Cumbria / -- Mother Union banner -- 22.11.2011

St Andrew's Church -- Penrith -- Penrith -- Cumbria / -- Old stained glass. -- 22.11.2011

St Andrew's Church -- Penrith -- Penrith -- Cumbria / -- Brass plaque in the tower, restates what has been defaced by time from a sandstone plaque:- -- 'A.D. MDXCVIII Ex gravi Peste, quoe Regionibus hisce incubuit, Obierunt, Apud / PENRITH, 2260 / KENDAL, 2500 / RICHMOND, 2200 / CARLISLE, 1196 / POSTERI Averite vo, et Vivite / EZEK. XVIII.32.' -- 11.6.2009

St Andrew's Church -- Penrith -- Penrith -- Cumbria / -- 12.5.2006

hearsay

A clock in the church was repaired in 1655. This clock was described by Celia Fiennes, 1698.
A new clock was ordered by the vicar, Dr Hugh Todd, from Aaron Cheesebrough, clockmaker, Penrith, 1712.

-- Movement of turret clock, displayed in the tower. The clock was built by Aaron Cheesbrough, Penrith, 1712; wood framed, dead beat escapement, strike train. -- 11.6.2009

The present clock was made by Potts, Leeds, late 19th century.

hearsay

The tower is the only part remaining of an early church. The body of the church was rebuilt in the 18th century; the foundation stone laid 1720, and the new church consecrated 1722. There have been major restorations in 1887, 1921, 1951 and 1972.
:: Short Guide to St Andrew's Church, Penrith::: leaflet at church

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