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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

Questions?

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

Housing

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

Quarries/Mines

Palmer 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.

Kirk Cross

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

Education

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

‘BRIGHAM AND GREYSOUTHEN: OUR VICTORIAN ANCESTORS WHO SHAPED THE PARISH’

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