All Saints Church is a

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parish church in the village of

Watermillock Watermillock is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Matterdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It is on the western shore of Ullswater, in the English Lake District. I ...

, Cumbria. It serves the scattered settlement of Watermillock, as well as outlying farms and hamlets on the northern shore of

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History

The community's original church, constructed in the 13th century, was located close to the shore of Ullswater on the site of what is now Old Church House. This church was burnt down by Scottish raiders in the 15th century, and a new building was built on the current site and consecrated by

Owen Oglethorpe Owen Oglethorpe ( – 31 December 1559) was an English academic and Bishop of Carlisle, 1557–1559. Childhood and Education Oglethorpe was born in Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England (where he later founded a school), the third son of George Ogl ...

in 1558. In 1880, this church was described as "whitewashed within and without, and walls green with damp. There was a gallery, but no organ, chancel or glass". The following year, the Tudor church was demolished to be replaced by the current church, constructed of slate and red sandstone. The present nave stands on the foundations of the older church, but the chancel is an addition. In 1884 the church tower was rebuilt to give it its current height. The chancel was built in memory of the Reverend David Pritchard, who was rector from 1876 to 1880. The

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was installed in 1934, in memory of Mr T.E. Forster. The organ was made by Wilkinson of

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in 1888. The choir stalls, pulpit, pews and west end screen, all date from 1881. The communion table was made in 1970. In 1889, the Spring Rice Window was installed in memory of Lady Farrer (née Evelyn Mary Spring Rice), the widow of

Thomas Farrer, 2nd Baron Farrer Thomas Cecil Farrer, 2nd Baron Farrer (25 October 1859 – 12 April 1940), was the second Baron Farrer. He was the eldest son of Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer, and his first wife Frances Erskine. Life Farrer was a long-term member of the boar ...

, who had been born in Watermillock.'Watermillock', ''Bulmer's History & Directory Of Cumberland, 1901'' (Tbulmer & Co., January 1901) The church contains stone memorials to Sir Cecil Spring Rice and his brother, Lt. Gerald Spring Rice.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Watermillock, All Saints Churches completed in 1881 Church of England church buildings in Cumbria Diocese of Carlisle Grade II listed churches in Cumbria

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