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St Mary's Church, Ulverston

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48: 81: 31: 658: 88: 55: 497:, providing seating for about 1,400 people. Due to the extensive series of 19th century reconstructions, the dating of much of the building is dubious. For example, Historic England dates the arcades to the 1804 restoration, while the Church of England regards them as late medieval. The successors in Paley's practice, 484:
It is not known when the first church was built on the site. The oldest part of the present building is the reset south door, from the 12th century, which accords with a popular (though seemingly unsubstantiated) foundation date of 1111. The tower of the present church was built between 1540 and
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organ was built in 1866 by Thomas Wilkinson of Kendal, replacing an earlier instrument. A 20th century organ by the Lancashire builder Thomas Pendlebury was moved from a church elsewhere and was installed in St Mary's in 1972. The stained glass in the east window is by
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1560, replacing an earlier church which, it is said, was damaged when its steeple fell following a storm, damaging the rest if the building. The church was restored and enlarged in 1804. In 1864–66 it was rebuilt, other than the
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in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the
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series state that it is neither complete, nor is it in its original position.
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of six bells, all cast in 1836 by Thomas Mears II of the
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to the north, and from the chapel to the south. A three-
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Ulverston Parish Church is located in the former South Lakeland district
Ulverston Parish Church is located in Cumbria
54°11′56″N 3°05′29″W / 54.1989°N 3.0915°W / 54.1989; -3.0915
OS grid reference
SD 290,787
Ulverston
Cumbria
Denomination
Anglican
www.ulverstonparishchurch.org
Parish church
Architect(s)
E. G. Paley
Church
Style
Gothic
Gothic Revival
Materials
Sandstone
limestone
Slate
Province
York
Diocese
Carlisle
Archdeaconry
Deanery
Parish
Rector

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