St John the Baptist, Corney
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| St John the Baptist, Corney | |
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 St John the Baptist, Corney | |
  St John the Baptist, Corney Location in Cumbria | |
| 54°18′35″N 3°21′56″W / 54.3096°N 3.3656°W | |
| OS grid reference | SD1124391315 |
| Location | St John the Baptist, Corney, Cumbria |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | http://www.blackcombechurches.co.uk/Corney.php |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | St John the Baptist |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Carlisle |
| Archdeaconry | West Cumberland |
| Deanery | Calder |
| Parish | The Black Combe Churches |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar | Revd Gill Hart |
St John the Baptist, is in Corney, Cumbria, England. It is an Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is Black Combe, Drigg, Eskdale, Irton, Muncaster and Waberthwaite.[1] The church is not a listed building.[2]
Corney St John is thought to have been built in the 12th Century, and was restored in 1882. It formerly belonged to the Abbey of St. Mary, York, which presented to the living in 1536, but is now a rectory in the patronage of the earl of Lonsdale, the advowson being purchased of John, first baron Muncaster, in 1803.[3] According to Mannix and Whelan (1847) the church was "a plain edifice with a belfry containing two bells" and the vestry was added in 1847.[4]
