Thrimby

INFORMATION

FontID: 19415THR
Church/Chapel: Chapel of St. Mary [disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: [the new church: Little Strickland, Cumbria CA10 3EG]
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located near Morland
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly Westmorland
Century and Period: , Medieval
Church Notes: the former chapel has disappeared and been replaced by a church built in 1814 and deicated to St. Mary as well; some of the furnishings from the old church were re-sed in the new one
Curwen (1932) notes: "The Commonwealth Survey of 1657 says, "that there is a Chapel called Thrimby Chapel two miles and a half distant from the parish church of Morland which hath no maintenance belonging to it." The ancient chapel which had lain waste for a considerable period was restored in 1681 [...] The chapel paid church rates to the mother church of Morland until 1870 when Great and Little Strickland were constituted a separate parish". English Heritage [Listing NGR: NY5625319734] (1987) informs that the old chapel disappeared and was replaced by the Church of St. Mary, Little Strickland, in 1814]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 520038 6047877

REFERENCES

Curwen, John F., The Later Records relating to North Westmorland: or the Barony of Appleby, Kendal: T. Wilson, 1932