Historic churches · North East England
Newlands Church
Newlands Church — church in Above Derwent, Cumbria, England, UK.
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- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
About
Newlands Church is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Grade II listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Wikidata describes it as: "church in Above Derwent, Cumbria, England, UK". Coordinates: 54.5636°, -3.1925°.
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Heritage listing
Newlands Church is a 16th-century church situated less than 500 metres west of the hamlet of Little Town, Cumbria, England in the Newlands Valley of the Lake District. Its exact date of origin is unknown, but a map of 1576 shows a "Newlande Chap." on the site. The church exterior presents white-washed roughcast walls and a green slate roof; the interior displays two stained glass windows, a gallery, and a reading desk and a pulpit dated 1610. Tourists and hillwalkers visit on their way to the fells.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Chapel Bridge Meadows SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Derwent and Tributaries SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Buttermere Fells SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Newlands Church is a 16th-century church situated less than 500 metres west of the hamlet of Little Town, Cumbria, England in the Newlands Valley of the Lake District. Its exact date of origin is unknown, but a map of 1576 shows a "Newlande Chap." on the site. The church exterior presents white-washed roughcast walls and a green slate roof; the interior displays two stained glass windows, a gallery, and a reading desk and a pulpit dated 1610. Tourists and hillwalkers visit on their way to the fells. The church is a Grade II listed building.
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Background
History
The exact date of the origin of Newlands Church is unknown but is believed to be some time in the middle 16th century. Christopher Saxton’s map of 1576 shows a church on the site marked "Newlande Chap.". The church was mentioned again in 1594 when John Mayson of the local farm Stoneycrofte left the sum of 3s 4d to Newlandes Chappell in his will. Due to the effects of the plague of 1558 the church did not have an Incumbent in its early years and it was not until 1610 that Anthony Bragg was installed as the church's first Lay reader. A Lay reader was an unqualified member of the clergy (usually a local person) who could read the services but could not perform christenings, marriages, or…
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- Coordinates
- 54.5636, -3.1925
- District
- Cumberland
- Parish
- Above Derwent
- Postcode
- CA12 5TU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Penrith and Solway
Sources
- wikidata: Q7018332 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Newlands Church (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Newlands Church.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Newlands Church?
- Newlands Church is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CA12 5TU), in the parish of Above Derwent.
- Is Newlands Church a listed building?
- Newlands Church is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- Is Newlands Church a protected site?
- Yes — Newlands Church is part of the Chapel Bridge Meadows SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the River Derwent and Tributaries SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Newlands Church?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CA12 5TU. It sits within the Penrith and Solway parliamentary constituency.