Lowick nr. Broughton-in-Furness / Laufwik / Lofwic / Lofwik / Lowyk

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22085LOW
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Luke
Church Patron Saints: St. Luke
Church Location: Lowick Bridge, Ulverston LA12 8EE, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A5092, E of Broughton-in-Furness
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: Hundred of Lonsdale -- Hundred of Amounderness [in Domesday] -- formerly Lancashire
Date: ca. 1292?
Century and Period: 13th century, Decorated
Church Notes: present church 19thC, but earlier parochial chapel documented since ca. 1292
No individual entry found for this Lowick in the Domesday survey. The entry for this township in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 8, 1914) refers to an allegation by Alan of Towers in 1292 "that he was wont to find his own chaplain to celebrate divine service daily in his chapel of St. Andrew in Lowick, the chaplain receiving the oblations and the candles given at the baptism of children and churching of women in return for 12 acres of land which the Prior of Conishead held of the grant of Alan's ancestors"; it later adds: "The chapel was rebuilt in 1817, [...] and this was replaced by the present St. Luke's, built on the old site in 1885. The parochial chapelry was made into a district chapelry in 1866." A footnote in the same VCH entry reports that, as a result of an earlier visitation inquiries, "it appears that considerable repairs were made about 1700, though then 'lately old and ruinous.' There was no font in 1707, though there were a communion table (not railed) and a bell. A stone font is named in 1729." [NB: we have no information on the font of the original parochial chapel here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.26529, -3.0918
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 15′ 55.04″ N, 3° 5′ 30.48″ W
UTM: 30U 494021 6013042

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-04-09 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.