Haile Parish Church

Church in Cumbria, England

Haile Parish Church

Haile Parish Church

Haile Parish Church

Location in Cumbria

54°27′56″N 3°29′50″W﻿ / ﻿54.465437°N 3.497351°W﻿ / 54.465437; -3.497351
OS grid reference| NY 0304608817
Location| Haile, Cumbria
Country| England
Denomination| Anglican
History
Status| Parish church
Dedication| unknown
Administration
Province| York
Diocese| Carlisle
Archdeaconry| West Cumberland
Deanery| Calder
Parish| Haile
Clergy
Vicar(s)| Rev'd Melanie Appleby

Haile Parish Church is near Haile, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is Egremont with Bigrigg & Haile.[1] The church is a grade 2 listed building.[2][3]

## History

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Haile Parish Church, with no dedication, has Georgian plain arched windows, but the walls are medieval. The west porch was added by Ferguson in 1882, and the Church restoration took place mainly in 1883. a South-East quoin in the nave is part of an Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft, with scrolls. Outside against the West wall is a monument to John Ponsonby (1670).[4]

## Architecture

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Haile Parish Church is built of local red sandstone with white roughcast walls beneath a slate pitched roof. The church is 18th Century with earlier fragments, and a 19th Century porch believed to be by Charles John Ferguson, 1882. It has a single vessel nave and chancel with lean-to west porch. The 3-bay nave and narrower single-bay chancel have round-headed windows with large voussoirs and leaded glazing. It has plain cornice and coped gables with kneelers and an east gable cross and west gabled bellcote with 2 round-headed openings. The porch has 2 single-chamfered mullioned windows of 3 and 2 lights. The entrance to north has moulded reveals. Some 18th Century headstones to south wall, headstone to west wall, John Ponsonby (died 1678) has good naive inscription. Monument to John Ponsonby (1670) on the west outside wall. The inscription reads : "Learn Reader Under This Stone Doth Lye A Rare Example Cald John Ponsonbye If I Said Ylese I am Sur I Lyd He was a Faithful Friend And Soe He Dyd November 25 in the Year 1670". The south-east angle of nave has fragment of Anglo-Danish cross shaft as quoin. RIB 796 Altar dedicated to Hercules and Silvanus (a.d. 43-410)[5]

The north window depicts Saint George and the Dragon by James Powell and Sons, a memorial to a later John Ponsonby, who died in 1952. The east window of the Crucifixion by Wailes and Strang and the south window depicts Saint Bega by Heaton, Butler and Bayne. Inside is a carved oak screen to the chancel. In a vault underneath this seat lie the remains of Miles Ponsonby esquire lord of the united manors of Hale and Wilton. The floor is diagonal basket weave wood. The pews are dark wood. There is a square terracotta font with cross engraved.[6]

The church has no war graves.

* Cumbria portal

## References

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1. ^ "A Church Near You". A Church Near You. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
2. ^ "Haile (Dedication unknown) - CHR Church". facultyonline.churchofengland.org. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
3. ^ "HAILE CHURCH (NO DEDICATION), Haile - 1086614 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
4. ^ "Haile Church". Visit Cumbria. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
5. ^ "RIB 796. Altar dedicated to Hercules and Silvanus | Roman Inscriptions of Britain". romaninscriptionsofbritain.org. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
6. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

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Churches in the Deanery of Calder

Benefice of Crosslacon|

* St John in the Hall, Cleator Moor
* St Leonard, Cleator
* St Michael, Arlecdon
* St Paul, Frizington

Benefice of Egremont and Haile|

* Haile
* St John, Bigrigg
* St Mary and St Michael, Egremont
* Thornhill

Benefice of Hensingham|

* St John, Hensingham

Benefice of Kells|

* St Peter, Kells

Benefice of Lamplugh with Ennerdale|

* Kirkland
* St Mary, Ennerdale
* St Michael, Lamplugh

Benefice of Mirehouse|

* St Andrew, Mirehouse

Benefice of Moresby|

* St Bridget, Moresby

Benefice of St Bees|

* St Bees

Benefice of Seatallan|

* Beckermet
* St Bridget, Calder Bridge
* St Cuthbert, Seascale
* St John, Beckermet
* St Mary, Gosforth
* St Michael and All Angels, Nether Wasdale
* St Olaf, Wasdale Head
* Ponsonby

Benefice of the Western Lake District|

* St Bega, Eskdale
* St Catherine, Eskdale
* St John, Waberthwaite
* St John the Baptist, Corney
* St Mary, Whicham
* St Mary, Whitbeck
* St Michael, Bootle
* St Michael, Muncaster
* St Paul, Irton
* St Peter, Drigg

Benefice of Whitehaven|

* St James, Whitehaven
* St Nicholas, Whitehaven

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