Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | St Mary's Church | |
| other name:- | Hesket in the Forest Church | |
| other name:- | Hesket Church | |
| locality:- | High Hesket | |
| parish |
Hesket parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| church | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY47634444 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY44
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| References |
: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5
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| 1Km square | NY4744 | |
 St Mary's Church -- High Hesket -- Hesket -- Cumbria / -- 7.10.2010 | ||
 St Mary's Church -- High Hesket -- Hesket -- Cumbria / -- 3.9.2010 | ||
| 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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| HESKET-IN-THE-FOREST WITH CALTHWAITE | ||
| site name:- | Penrith Rural Deanery | |
| site name:- | Archdeaconry of Carlisle | |
| site name:- | Diocese of Carlisle | |
| date:- | 1939 | |
| period:- | 1930s | |
| old map:- |
Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)
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| 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. | ||
| goto source. | |
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| In mile 292, Cumberland. | ||
| A church at:- | ||
| Hesket | ||
| on the left of the road. | ||
| date:- | 1675 | |
| period:- | 17th century, late; 1670s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| CHURCH OF ST MARY / / / HESKET / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73886 / NY4760644452 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Parish church. Early C18 incorporating parts of the medieval church. Roughcast over red and calciferous sandstone rubble walls, under graduated greenslate roof with coped gables and kneelers. Six-bay nave with west twin bellcote, north aisle and 2-storey west porch; single-bay chancel with north vestry and barn-like lean-to sheds. Porch has double doors in round-headed quoined surround under round-headed window. External dog-leg stone steps to upper-floor north side door. Nave has C18 round-headed leaded casement windows, the stone surrounds with hinge brackets for shutters. Aisle has similar round-headed windows. Chancel has blank walls and 3-light east window. Interior has C20 3-bay north aisle. Late medieval open timber roof. Late medieval chancel arch. White marble wall plaques to Bernard Kirkbride, 1677 and John Brown, 1765. Early C20 stained glass by Shrigley and Hunt, Lancaster. Chancel has Royal Arms of Queen Victoria, 1856. Brass and white marble wall plaques to James family of Barrock Park and Elizabeth Colomb, 1828 of Armathwaite Castle. Early C20 stained glass in east window. | ||
| placename:- | Church of St Mary | |
| district:- | Eden | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY47604445 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| PARKER FAMILY VAULT SOUTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY / / / HESKET / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73887 / NY4763844444 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Family vault for Parkers of Petteril Green. 1828. Calciferous sandstone ashlar. Square with angle buttresses, moulded plinth and parapet stones with carved leaves and quatrefoils. Panelled cast iron door in pointed Gothic arch. Pointed-arched side window with scrolled grille. Opposite side has cross loop opening. Sloping slab roof, supported by corbels, is partly missing and some of the parapet stones have fallen. Raised panel over door has no inscription. A brass plate (which now appears to be missing) recorded the death of Margaret Parker, 1828, her husband Christopher Parker, 1838, and various children. See Samuel Jefferson, Leath Ward, 1840, p.497. | ||
| district:- | Eden | |
| listed building -- vault | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY47634444 | |
| person:- | : Parker Family | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| photographs | ||
| St Mary's Church -- High Hesket -- Hesket -- Cumbria / -- 3.9.2010 | |
| photocopy |
Whitehead 1894:-
vol.13 p.197 | |
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Whitehead, H: 1894 (?): Church Bells in Leath Ward, part
III: TransCWAAS: vol.13: pp.194-217
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| photographs | ||
| St Mary's Church -- High Hesket -- Hesket -- Cumbria / -- coat of arms, Victoria 1856. -- 3.9.2010 | |
| St Mary's Church -- High Hesket -- Hesket -- Cumbria / -- Organ. -- 3.9.2010 | |
| St Mary's Church -- High Hesket -- Hesket -- Cumbria / -- Organ pipes. -- 3.9.2010 | |
| St Mary's Church -- High Hesket -- Hesket -- Cumbria / -- The organist's cushion. -- 3.9.2010 | |
| St Mary's Church -- High Hesket -- Hesket -- Cumbria / -- 7.10.2010 | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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