Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | St Mary and St Michael's Church | |
| other name:- | Egremont Church | |
| locality:- | Egremont | |
| parish |
Egremont parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| church | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY01091056 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY01
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| References |
: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5
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| 1Km square | NY0110 | |
 St Mary and St Michael's Church -- Egremont -- Egremont -- Cumbria / -- 24.4.2006 | ||
 St Mary and St Michael's Church -- Egremont -- Egremont -- Cumbria / -- 24.4.2006 | ||
| old map:- |
Nurse 1918
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| 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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| BIGRIGG WITH EGREMONT | ||
| site name:- | Whitehaven Rural Deanery | |
| site name:- | Archdeaconry of Westmorland | |
| site name:- | Diocese of Carlisle | |
| date:- | 1939 | |
| period:- | 1930s | |
| descriptive text:- |
Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
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| Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52. | ||
| Page 76:- | ||
| ... The church, dedicated to Saint Mary, has been much modernized; the east end is circular in its centre, with flat wings, each containing two pointed windows, ornamented by a single shaft. ... | ||
| date:- | 1839 | |
| period:- | 19th century, early; 1830s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST MICHAEL / / SOUTH STREET / EGREMONT / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76139 / NY0112410568 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Parish Church. 1881 by T. Lewis Banks (London and Whitehaven) replacing late C12 church, parts of which were incorporated. Western baptistry gift of local Freemasons 1883. Tower raised in 1901 by Oliver & Dodgshun (Carlisle). Hammer-dressed, snecked, sandstone blocks with quoins; moulded plinth, strings, eaves cornice, and pilaster buttresses. Graduated slate roofs with outshuts to either side of chancel; stone copings, kneelers, and apex crosses. Embattled tower to north-west corner, nave with aisles, short transept, and chancel. Early English style. 4-stage tower has panelled door to ground floor; pointed arch-head of 4 orders with foliate capitals to jamb-shafts. Similar 2-order door in gabled porch on south side. Lancet windows, some in chancel and north nave aisle re-used late C12; corbels of similar date to north aisle. Interior: Pointed arches throughout; 5-bay nave arcade carried on columns with foliate capitals. Nave roof carried on corbels. Transept arms separated from nave by 2-bay arcade carried on tall quatrefoil pier. 2-seater sedilia, pillar piscina, and shelf, under wall arcade in chancel. Late C19 fittings. Pulpit of Caen stone with alabaster figures, supported on marble shafts. Kneeling angel supports scalloped font bowl. Drawings and description of earlier church by T. Lewis Banks in C.W.A.A. Transactions, Old Series, Vol. 6, pp163-175. | ||
| placename:- | Church of St Mary and St Michael | |
| district:- | Copeland | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY01121056 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| ENTRANCE GATES, WALLS AND RAILINGS TO CHURCHYARD OF ST MARY AND ST MICHAEL / / SOUTH STREET / EGREMONT / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76140 / NY0106610564 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Entrance gates to churchyard; late C19 by WILLIAM HEAD ENGINEER EGREMONT (foundry mark on base plates to gate posts). Cast-iron gate posts square in plan, c8 ft high, with Gothic panelling and pyramidal caps. Gates of cast and wrought iron with fleurs-de-lis decoration to ogee arcading; scrollwork. Railings to either side similar, on low coursed rubble walls with chamfered copings. | ||
| district:- | Copeland | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY01061056 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| source:- |
Dove 2009
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| diocese:- | Carlisle Diocese | |
| coordinates:- |
NY012106 | |
| coordinates:- |
54d 28.9m N 3d 31.6m W | |
| locality:- | Egremont | |
| Dove data |
number of bells: 8
weight of tenor: 13 cwt 2 qtr 0 lb (1512lbs) pitch of tenor: F sharp (732Hz) scale:- F sharp, G sharp, A sharp, B, C sharp, D sharp, E sharp, F sharp Complete octave; intervals TTSTTTS; F sharp major.Bells cast by John Taylor and Co, 1902. There is an unused bell, cast about 1400. Dove 2009 | |
| Data courtesy of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers | ||
| 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 | |
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1 cross slab grave cover fragment.
Ryder, Peter: 2001: Cross Slab Grave Covers of Cumbria: Cumbria CC (Carlisle, Cumbria) | ||
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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