Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | St Mary's Church | |
| other name:- | Whitbeck Church | |
| locality:- | Whitbeck | |
| parish |
Whicham parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| church | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD11918397 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD18
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| References |
: 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5
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| 1Km square | SD1183 | |
 St Mary's Church -- Whitbeck -- Whicham -- Cumbria / -- 30.9.2006 | ||
| 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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| WHITBECK AND WHICHAM | ||
| site name:- | Gosforth Rural Deanery | |
| site name:- | Archdeaconry of Furness | |
| site name:- | Diocese of Carlisle | |
| date:- | 1939 | |
| period:- | 1930s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| CHURCH OF ST MARY / / A 595 / WHICHAM / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76379 / SD1193083969 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Church. Probably medieval in origin, heavily restored 1883. Single-vessel nave and chancel. Roughcast stone with ashlar dressings and slate roof. South side of 3 bays has paired lancets. West end has coped gable, 2 double-chamfered lancets and pointed entrance with double-chamfered reveals; gabled bellcote; diamond buttresses. East end has stepped triple lancets. North elevation has single lancet. Interior has timber partitions to porch and vestries. Arch-braced collar trusses with kingposts. C19 hanging lanterns. Double-chamfered chancel arch with detached shafts. North wall memorial to Pearson family (died 1772 to 1829). Stuart Royal arms over chancel arch. Chancel has stained glass panel: Head of Jesus. | ||
| placename:- | Church of St Mary | |
| district:- | Copeland | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD11938396 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| photographs | ||
| St Mary's Church -- Whitbeck -- Whicham -- Cumbria / -- The bells. -- 16.4.2010 | |
| photographs | ||
| St Mary's Church -- Whitbeck -- Whicham -- Cumbria / -- Cast iron grave marker; Harols Mutton, died 1916. -- 24.11.2011 | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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