Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society . en weremember that Crosby Church is north of the Eden, andexposed to hazards during the Border feuds. When BishopNicolson visited it in October, 1703, he found the Fontpretty well. {Miscellany Accounts, p. 106). It musthave fared worse since, probably in 1745, when, accordingto local tradition, the rebels stabled their horses in this aswell as Stanwix Church. At all events the bowl is scoredwith deep lines, and one side has been manifestly used asthe parish whetstone.* In the present church built in1854, it sta
Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society . en weremember that Crosby Church is north of the Eden, andexposed to hazards during the Border feuds. When BishopNicolson visited it in October, 1703, he found the Fontpretty well. {Miscellany Accounts, p. 106). It musthave fared worse since, probably in 1745, when, accordingto local tradition, the rebels stabled their horses in this aswell as Stanwix Church. At all events the bowl is scoredwith deep lines, and one side has been manifestly used asthe parish whetstone.* In the present church built in1854, it stands in the north aisle, near the west door stillretaining its paint and whitewash. I am informed thatthe old church was a plain, low, whitewashed building, •Note by the Editor.—Bishop Nicolson says Mr. Pearson the School-master, has no certain and fixd Salary. He teaches the children in the Quire;where the Boys and Girls sit on good Wainscot Benches, and write on the Com-munion Table, too good (were it not appointed to a higher use) for such aservice. with Crosby- on-Eue n -. J WBeNWcui. ;\-r \-<i^r
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