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placename:- St John's Church
other name:- Newton Reigny Church
locality:- Newton Reigny
parish Catterlen parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
church
coordinates:- NY47983158
10Km square:- NY43
References : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5

1Km square NY4731

Earlier referred to as the chapel in the Forest of Inglewood, existed in the 12th century. There was a major restoration in 1882 (or 1892).
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St John's Church -- Newton Reigny -- Catterlen -- Cumbria / -- 4.2.2006
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St John's Church -- Newton Reigny -- Catterlen -- Cumbria / -- 4.2.2006

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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NEWTON REIGNY
site name:- Penrith Rural Deanery
site name:- Archdeaconry of Carlisle
site name:- Diocese of Carlisle
date:- 1939
period:- 1930s

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
CHURCH OF ST JOHN / / / CATTERLEN / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73744 / NY4798431601
courtesy of English Heritage
Parish church. Late C12 and C13 with extensive restoration of 1876 by Ewan Christian. Mixed red and pink blocks of sandstone, the upper part of the walls of coursed red sandstone rubble. Graduated greenslate roofs with coped gables. 3-bay nave with aisles, south porch and twin open bellcote. Single-bay chancel with north vestry. Nave has C19 stone porch; the aisles with 2- and 3-light cusped C19 windows, the north windows without cusped heads. South built-in sundial. Chancel has blocked south priest's doorway, blocked original east window opening below C19 3-light window. Interior of nave has C12 font on C19 stem. 3-bay arcade of pointed arches, the north ones on octagonal piers and the south ones on round piers. C13 piscina under the respond of the north-east arch. Part of an original window splay in the south aisle under a C19 window and piscina. Pointed chancel arch. C16 roof trusses one with inscription dated 1585. White marble wall plaque in north aisle to Susanna Richmond of Highhead Castle, 1774. Chancel has piscina. Facing C19 large arched recesses. C19 furnishings and fittings. See Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, old series, x, pp.158-165.

placename:- Church of St John
district:- Eden
listed building
coordinates:- NY47983160
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

photocopy Whitehead 1894:-
vol.13 p.215

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vol.13 p.216

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Whitehead, H: 1894 (?): Church Bells in Leath Ward, part III: TransCWAAS: vol.13: pp.194-217

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button to large St John's Church -- Newton Reigny -- Catterlen -- Cumbria / -- The middle tie beam of the roof was exposed in restoration work, 1882, dating the roof beam to the 16th century:- -- 'THE NAYMES OF THE CARPYNTERS THAT HAVE BUILDED THIS ROUFE An. Domi. 1585 VIDELICET JOHN ATKINSON CATTERLEN AND HENRY [BEMERT]' -- 4.2.2006
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button to large St John's Church -- Newton Reigny -- Catterlen -- Cumbria / -- A modern wall hanging; no great work of craft by very attractive. -- 4.2.2006

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

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