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placename:- St Mary's Chapel
other name:- Mallerstang Church
other name:- Mallerstang Chapel
other name:- Outhgill Church
locality:- Outhgill
locality:- Mallerstang
parish Mallerstang parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
church; chapel
coordinates:- NY78190142
10Km square:- NY70
References : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5
1Km square NY7801
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St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- 9.8.2005
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St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- The plaque over the door is a 1909 copy of the original:- -- 'THIS CHAPPLE OF MALLERSTANG AFTER IT HAD LAYNE RUINOUS AND DECAYED SOME 50 OR SO YEARS WAS NEWE REPAYRED BY THE LADY ANNE CLIFFORD COUNTESSE DOWAGER OF PEMBROKE. DORSETT & MONTGOMERY IN THE YEAR 1663 WHO ALLSOE ENDOWED THE SAME WITH LANDS WHICH SHE PURCHASED IN CAWTLEY NEAR SEDBERGH TO THE YEARLY VALUE OF ELEAVEN POUNDS FOR EVER. / ISAIAH CHAP.58 VER.12. GODS NAME BE PRAISED.' -- 9.8.2005
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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MALLERSTANG
site name:- Appleby and Kirkby Stephen Rural Deanery
site name:- Archdeaconry of Carlisle
site name:- Diocese of Carlisle
date:- 1939
period:- 1930s
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 156:-
...
... [Lady Anne Pembroke] repaired the chapel 1663 after it had lain waste and ruinous some 50 or 60 years, endowing it with lands in Cawtley near Sedberg, to the yearly value of £.11. per annum for ever, and in 1714 it was augmented with queen Anne's bounty. ...
date:- 1789
person:- : Pembroke, Anne, Lady
period:- 18th century, late; 1780s
old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)

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Mall C.
Building.
placename:- Mall Chapel
other name:- Mallerstang Chapel
county:- Westmorland
date:- 1746
period:- 18th century, early; 1740s
old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)

Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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Mallerstang Chaple
Circle, building and tower.
placename:- Mallerstang Chaple
county:- Westmorland
date:- 1695
period:- 17th century, late; 1690s
database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
CHURCH OF ST MARY / / B6259 / MALLERSTANG / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73358 / NY7819201437
courtesy of English Heritage
Chapel of Ease, founded C14; extensively rebuilt 1663 for Lady Anne Clifford (renewed inscription over porch door). Restored 1768, 1879 and 1909. Coursed, squared rubble on plinth; buttresses to north and west walls. Graduated slate roof with stone copings and kneelers; chimney and belfry to west end. Single cell with south porch. C17 south door has semicircular head and continuous cavetto moulding. Small 2-light mullioned window to left of porch, 3 semicircular-headed C18 windows to right. Two 3-light C17 windows to north wall; east window 1926 insertion. Interior has panel with Royal coat-of-arms dated 1663 in chancel. Panelled polygonal pulpit, with adjustable reading stand, 1798. Small octagonal font with moulded base and top, 1663. Bread cupboard next to south door for MIDDLETON'S CHARITY, 1784.
placename:- Church of St Mary
district:- Eden
listed building
coordinates:- NY78190143
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s
incumbents:-
Jackson, ChristopherPreston, Mr 1650=1659 (?)
Wright, Rowland 1660
Moore, Robert 1671
Powley, Christopher 1705
Rowlandson, Mr 1707
Potter, John 1707
Langhorne, William 1713
Gasgoine, Thomas 1740
Pattison, Lancelot 1754
Bowness, Jeffrey 1756
Robinson, John 1813
Bird, William 1814
Monkhouse, Robert 1817
Hunter, J F 1818
Fawcett, John 1819
Robinson, Robert 1844
Brunskill, Joseph 1853
Robinson, Robert 1856
Alnwick, Willia, 1877
Simpson, Edwin 1908
photographs
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- 3.8.2009
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tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Coat arms, notice initials AP lower right -- 13.1.2012
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Stained glass, E window, by Abbott and Co, 1923. -- 13.1.2012
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Stained glass, S wall, by Abbott and Co. -- 13.1.2012
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Stained glass, S wall, Abbott and Co signature. -- 13.1.2012
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Middleton's Charity -- 13.1.2012
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Embroidery, Lady AnnePembroke. -- 13.1.2012
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Memorial to railway navvies. -- 13.1.2012
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Some of the nicest kneelers we've seen.
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Kneeler: feeding sheep in snow. -- 13.1.2012
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Kneeler: stone walling. -- 13.1.2012
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Kneeler: train. -- 13.1.2012
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Kneeler: farm. -- 13.1.2012
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Kneeler: Outhgill -- 13.1.2012
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Kneeler: Lady Anne's Pillar -- 13.1.2012
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Kneeler: Hellgill Force. -- 13.1.2012
tiny photograph, button to large St Mary's Chapel -- Outhgill -- Mallerstang -- Mallerstang -- Cumbria / -- Kneeler: -- 13.1.2012
There was a church here in 1535; but possibly far earlier, perhaps founded by Lady Idonea de Veteripont, who lived at Pendragon Castle, 1311. The chapel was restored and newly endowed by Lady Anne Clifford, 1663; and again altered or repaired 1879, 1909, and 1989-90.
:: St Mary's Mallerstang::: leaflet at church
hearsay Railway navvies, their women and children, from Birket Huts, Aisgill Huts, Incline Huts, and Far Ground, are buried in the churchyard at St Mary's Church, Mallerstang:-
Sarah Walker, 21 July 1870, age 3 days
Mary Ridley, 8 December 1870, a baby
William Ridley, 29 December 1870, her father
John Whittal, 7 June 1871, age 32
John Bradbury, 1 August 1871, age 33
John Shaw, 21 August 1871, age 30
James Stephenson, 30 May 1872, a baby
Richard Stephenson, 30 May 1872, a baby, twin of James
Hannah Stephenson, 20 July 1872, their mother
Edmund F Driver, 6 September 1872, age 3 weeks
Thomas Wyles, 8 January 1873, age 60
William Morris, 21 November 1873, age 26
Miriam Taylor, 12 December 1873, age 4 months
Louisa Garlick, 13 December 1873, age 2 1/2
Alice Martin, 4 March 1874, age 10 Months
John Stephenson, 9 March 1874, age 47
George Stewart, 28 March 1874, age 38
Sarah Real, 10 May 1874, age 1
Thomas Hayley, 15 May 1874, age 32
Caleb Wright, 20 May 1874, age 23
Henry Clifford, 23 October 1874, age 2
James Woodcock, 24 October 1874, age 16
Ellen Chisholme, 6 December 1874, age 4 1/2
James Bell, 2 April 1875, age 38
John Green, 8 May 1875, age 45
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