Born: 1822
Died: 1889
Religion: Anglican
Married Esther Greenup
Corn miller at Southwaite Mill
Donated £1 to the restoration.
‘BRIGHAM AND GREYSOUTHEN: OUR VICTORIAN ANCESTORS WHO SHAPED THE PARISH’
James Perry
History Department, Lancaster University
Restoration Funding
This map provides a snapshot of where the subscribers lived in west cumberland. A number of subscribers lived in other parts of england, including london, newcastle, and Birmingham.
Brigham, Cockermouth, Eaglesfield, and Greysouthen were the main locations where subscribers lived.
John Harris
Restoration Funding
Introduction
William Parkin
What kind of housing did people live in?
St. bridget's Restoration
Born: 1827
Baptism: 9th June 1827, St Bridget's
Religion: Anglican
Died: 25th January 1863
Marriage: Ann Mary Jefferson, 1857
A colliery owner.
Donated £200 to the renovation.
the Lives of the subscribers
Gentry/Aristocracy | £272 | £22,690
Professionals | £248 12s | £20,740
Commercial | £63 13s 6d | £5,312
(i) Agricultural | £51 14s 6d | £4,315
(ii) Agricultural | £1 | £83
(i) Industrial | £752 5s 6d | £62,760
(ii) Industrial | £6 14s 6d | £561
Non-productive | £36 9s | £3,041
Unknown | £65 15s 6d | £5,487
Total | £1,498 4s 6d = £125,000
what Victorian Society was like
Restoration Funding
St. Bridget's: Background
The Fletcher Brothers
Conclusion
Medieval church
Pre-Conquest origin
Restored twice by Butterfield, 1864, 1875
Three bazaars were held in total
The bazaars raised around£600 for the restoration
Why was there a restoration?
Who were some of the Victorian ancestors who shaped the parish?
What would life in Victorian society have been like?
Lots of the patrons and patronesses were local landowners or their wives.
Isaac Fletcher
Born 22nd February 1827
Died: 3rd April 1879
Religion: Quaker then Anglican.
Marriage: Esther King, 13th December 1861
Employment: Colliery owner & Railroad deputy chairman
Donated £225 to the restoration.
William Fletcher
Born: 31st January 1831, Greysouthen
Died: 6th August 1900, Brigham
Religion: Quaker then Anglican.
Marriage: Caroline Ashby, 18th June 1863, Surrey
Employment: Colliery owner & Railroad Director
Donated £200 to the restoration.
Restoration Funding
St. Bridget's: Background
Septimus Hodgson
Peter Robinson
What were conditions like for mine and quarry workers?
1839-1909 from Cockermouth
"Joiner employing other men"
Brigham Lime Stone Quarry
Birth: 25th October 1829.
Death: 30th January 1888.
Religion: Anglican.
Married: Mary Jane Foster, 11th May 1856, Brigham church.
A Veterinary Surgeon.
Donated £1 to the restoration.
Born: 1832
Baptism: 14th April 1832, Brigham
Religion: Anglican
Died: 1906
Marriage: Francis Shepherd
Donated half crown (2s 6d)
Invoice for the restoration work by James Hawes, clerk of works, on behalf of William Butterfield
Nov 14th 1864
To Rev. J Taylor
Dear Sir,
I will engage to complete the doors, gate, inner porch, pulpit, according to the plan & specifications and also to your satisfaction.
Porch gate of old oak £24 5s
Porch doors do £15
Inner porch of best Riga oak £73
Pulpit do £35
£147 5s
Palmer Robinson
Joiner
Brigham had a parochial school for boys and girls
William Black was the school master, as well as a 'home missionary' for St. Bridget's.
Amounting to £1,410
Today worth around £60-70,000
Isaac Fletcher wrote that the cost for both restorations came to about £4,000
which would have equated to around £170,000