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place:- sundial, St Bees
site name:- St Mary and St Bega's Church
locality:- St Bees
parish St Bees parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
sundial
coordinates:- NX96891217
10Km square:- NX91

1Km square NX9612

photograph

sundial, St Bees -- St Mary and St Bega's Church -- St Bees -- St Bees -- Cumbria / -- 27.4.2011
photograph

sundial, St Bees -- St Mary and St Bega's Church -- St Bees -- St Bees -- Cumbria / -- Pillar inscibed:- -- 'IW / IR / WB / 1679' -- 27.4.2011

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
SUNDIAL IN CHURCHYARD TO NORTH EAST OF PRIORY CHURCH CHANCEL / / B5345 / ST BEES / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76168 / NX9689912173
courtesy of English Heritage
Sundial, initialled and dated I.W., I.R., W.B., 1649 on top. 3 steps of sandstone slabs support monolithic octagonal stone shaft, c4 ft high, with central banding. Square top has circular brass plate with gnomon inset (probably not contemporary).
district:- Copeland
listed building
coordinates:- NX96891217
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

photographs
tiny photograph, 
button to large sundial, St Bees -- St Mary and St Bega's Church -- St Bees -- St Bees -- Cumbria / -- 27.4.2011

notes Cumbrian Sundials database, R Sylvester, 29.5.2008:-
St. Bees / In churchyard north of Priory, by road / Plinth newer than plate
made 1649
British Sundial Society reference number 2725

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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