THE
CHURCH OF GRASMERE:
A HISTORY

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BY M. L. ARMITT

(Author of Ambleside Town and Chapel)

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With Illustrations by Margaret L. Sumner
Frontispiece from a portrait by Fred Yates

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Kendal:
Titus Wilson, Publisher
Highgate
1912

TITUS WILSON, PRINTER, KENDAL

CONTENTS

PART I.

Preface.
Introductory.
The Dedication of the Church.
The Site.

PART II.

The Parish.
Boundaries.
Townships.
Legal Aspects of the Church.
The Eighteen.

PART III.

Records.
Patrons.
Monastic Control.
The Clergy.
The Civil Wars.
The Commonwealth.

PART IV.

The Fabric.
The Furniture.
The Up-keep of the Church.
Cleaning and Repairs.
Extracts from Churchwardens' Accounts.

PART V.

Later Parsons of Grasmere.
Chapel and Curates of Ambleside and Langdale.
Schools and Clerks.
Church Rates.
Non-Ratepayers.
Registers.
Presentments, Briefs, and Charities.
The Rush-bearing.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Miss Armitt (frontispiece), from a portrait by Fred Yates.

Exterior of St. Oswald's Church, Grasmere, from a photo, by Green, by permission of G. P. Abraham, Keswick, to face Part I.

Inscription on the Alms-box, p. 3.

Date on the Great Bell (Tenor), p. 20.