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Churches which still retain west gallery features or connections |
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| Bolton, dedication not known | West gallery shown in picture in AM |
| Brougham, St Ninian, Ninekirks |
This remote church is known locally
as 'Ninekirks', and stands in glorious isolation surrounded by trees in the
middle of a field in a lonely Dale and beside the River Eamont. It is three
miles from the Vicarage. Originally a Saxon church, it was taken over by the Normans who altered it to suit them. Lady Anne Clifford took it over in 1660, and rebuilt it - it remains today almost as she left it, a plain white-washed little church with oak box- and canopied-pews, a pulpit with sounding-board, oak seats with carved arm-rests, and screens. It is believed there also may be a west gallery . . . Over the altar are her initials, she being from the nearby Brougham Castle, and the most memorable of her family. NB - if visiting this church, be sure to visit also St Wilfrid's Church in Brougham, the contrast between the two has to be seen to be described. It is well worth a visit. - EMLM. |
| Ravenstonedale, St Oswald | Originally the site of a much older building, fragments of this were incorporated into the new church of 1738-44. There is a three-decker pulpit and the congregation face each other collegiate style. |
Churches which are known to have had west gallery features or connections |
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| Appleby, St Lawrence | This is a large Early English and perpendicular
style church, restored in 1655 by Lady Anne Clifford, who in fact is buried
here, together with her mother. The organ was given by Dean Smith of Carlisle
Cathedral in 1683. The organ was set up on a classical singers' gallery in 1722, since removed. Parts of the organ casing survive from 1542-7, some has been reused on corporation pews. |
| Kirkby Lonsdale, Dedication unknown | Had organ in west gallery until 1866. |
| Witherslack, St Paul | Church built 1644 and restored in 1873. The canopied pulpit was once a three-decker. |
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