The Lowmoor, Evangelical Church in Wigton appears to be quite a modern building, as churches go.
lowmoor evangelical church wigton
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St. Mary’s Church, Wigton
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October 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The current St. Mary’s Church in Wigton, Cumbria was built around 1788 and replaced an earlier church that had become a ruin.
St Mary's Church, Wigton, Cumbria
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Barrow town centre clock
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August 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A single white clock face above the Barclays Bank branch in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
Barclays Bank - Barrow in Furness
Situated in the Portland Walk shopping arcade this is a very simple installation.
St Lawrence’s Church, Appleby, Cumbria
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St. Lawrence’s church in Appleby Cumbria is a grade 1 listed building.
The church is said to be of late 12th century foundation and rebuilt late in the 13th after a raid by the Scots
Lady Anne Clifford restored the church in the 16th century .
During the 19th Century some internal redesign took place.
Nothing is known about the clock.
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- St Lawrence’s Church, Appleby, Cumbria
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- St Lawrence’s Church, Appleby, Cumbria
Gosforth church clock
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May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Installed just below the bell cote of St Mary’s Church in Gosforth is this clock.
Gosforth is situated just inland on the west coast of Cumbria south of Egremont.
Gosforth church clock
Hand wound by two people on a weekly rota the clock was officially started at 10.30 on the 6 October 1897.
An inscription near the the clock mechanism reads ‘ This clock is the gift of Ellen Jane Gordon of Ingleden Kent in memory of her brother Col. Winsor Parker’.
A card inside the clock door shows that the clock is maintained by Wm. Potts & Sons Ltd of Leeds.
Richardsons Funeral Directors
Jutting about 1m (3ft) from a red sandstone building in Penrith, Cumbria is our latest clock.
Richardsons Funeral Directors, Penrith, Cumbria
Looking up and down Victoria Road in Penrith is this clock on the Richardsons Funeral Directors building.
This is the first time we have seen a clock on a funeral directors and in some ways is quite apt. Let us know what you think via the comments section below.
Written just below the centre of the clock is the text ‘Established 1852′.
Richardsons Funeral Directors
For over 150 years the family owned business in Penrith has been arranging funerals for the local populous.
Historically many funeral directors have connections to timber or wood. Often joiners or carpenters were also the local funeral directors. In the case of Richardsons they also operate a timber merchants on Roper Street in the town.