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St Johns Church
Hob Uid: 11413
Location : Cumbria Carlisle Stanwix Rural
Grid Ref : NY4480059590
Summary : The church was built in 1854 by RH Billings totally replacing a Medieval church on the same site. The present church has a two and half storey tower, a four bay nave and a single bay chancel. Supposedly built with stone from Hadrian's Wall. Jackson suggests that the church is built on the site of a motte, there being a distinct oval mound 2.0m high and a crescentic mound in the churchyard. The Norman font in the church, which suggests a contemporary church, suggests that the motte would have been on a nearby site. However, the church at Beaumont is built on a Norman motte, so the same could be the case here.
More information : (NY 44805959) (1) St Johns Church at Crosby was originally dedicated to St Mary. There is a record of the rebuilding of the choir at the end of the 15th century. A new church was erected on the same site in 1855. (2) St John Evangelist. (3) The church was built in 1854 by RH Billings totally replacing a Medieval church on the same site. The present church has a two and half storey tower, a four bay nave and a single bay chancel. Supposedly built with stone from Hadrian's Wall. Grade 2. (4) Listed. Cites Jackson's suggestion of a possible motte. site. (5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1957
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Source details : Churches of Cumberland 1913 (J C Cox)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : City of Carlisle, Cumbria: 22.9.83
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Source Number : 5
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Page(s) : 83
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Vol(s) : vol.29

Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Church, Font, Motte
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Structure, Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : 1854
Monument End Date : 1854
Monument Start Date : 1854
Monument Type : Church
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 77663
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cumbria)
External Cross Reference Number : 3806
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 45 NW 7
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Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 2010-01-01
End Date : 2010-12-31

Historic England Research Records

St Johns Church