On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:51:51 AM Barb Ontario Canada wrote: > CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY......Part IV > > ADDINGHAM CHURCH AND CROSS. > > The next draw-up was at Addingham Church. In the churchyard there is a very > interesting, but rude, stone cross. It has evidentally been taller > originally. The sculpture is fine, but obscure; it is nearly the same as > that of the cross at Gosforth. DR. SIMPSON said the Society must have it > photographed; as it would be impossible to fix the date until this and > similar crosses had been classified and compared. MR. STALKER, was of > opinion that it contained an inscription. Entering the church itself, we > found the chancel quite new. MR. LEES produced the old hand bell, and > pointed to the little window recess out of which it had probably been rung > on the elevation of the host in pre-Reformation days. He said there were > plenty of old pictures showing the priest or an assistant in the act of > ringing the bell in this way. DR. SIMPSON remarked that these window > recesses were anciently used for many purposes. One was that of displaying > a torch after a funeral, in order to frighten off the evil spirits. > I am interested in this (now vanished) church as my ancestor Richard BURN b. abt 1730 at Alston married Mary FARRER (perhaps b. abt 1735 at Troutbeck) there on 26 November 1755 (according to an LDS parish extract.) I'd love to know exactly where this church was and if there are any ruins still visible (the coordinates on the GENUKI site point to an empty paddock). I'd also like to contact anyone who has connections to the BURN family or the FARRER family. Richard and Mary raised a family at Temple Sowerby and family members were in the area between Penrith and Appleby until recently. -- ==== Michael Lightfoot Canberra, Australia OPC Merther, St Breock & Egloshayle, Cornwall see http://www.cornwall-opc.org [email protected] ====