BY M. L. ARMITT

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

EDITOR'S PREFACE

THE CHURCH OF GRASMERE.

PART I

PREFACE

INTRODUCTORY

THE DEDICATION

THE SITE

PART II

THE PARISH

BOUNDARIES

THE TOWNSHIPS

SOME LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE CHURCH

THE EIGHTEEN

PART III

RECORDS

THE PATRONS

MONASTIC CONTROL

THE CLERGY

THE CIVIL WARS

THE COMMONWEALTH

PART IV

THE FABRIC

THE FURNITURE

THE UPKEEP OF THE CHURCH

CLEANING AND REPAIRS

EXTRACTS FROM CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS AND PRESENTMENTS

PART V

LATER PARSONS OF GRASMERE

AMBLESIDE CHAPEL.

AMBLESIDE CURATES

LANGDALE CURATES

SCHOOL AND CLERKS

THE CHURCH RATES

NON-RATEPAYERS

THE REGISTERS

PRESENTMENTS, BRIEFS, AND CHARITIES

THE RUSHBEARING

APPENDIX

INDEX.

THE LATE MARY L. ARMITT.

Frontispiece.