Bampton Grange
| Bampton Grange | |
| Westmorland | |
|---|---|
 The Crown and Mitre, Bampton Grange | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY521180 |
| Location: | 54°33’20"N, 2°44’28"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Penrith |
| Postcode: | CA10 |
| Dialling code: | 01931 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Penrith and The Border |
Bampton Grange is a village in Westmorland, a little to the east of Bampton. It is centred on the parish church, which serves both villages; St Patrick’s Church, Bampton.
The Haweswater Beck runs by the village: it arises as a stream discharging from Haweswater Reservoir and flows eastward, just north of Firth Woods, and then turns north to join the River Lowther between Bampton and Bampton Grange.
Parish church
The parish church for Bampton is the Church of St Patrick, standing in the heart of Bampton Grange. Most of the visible structure is from a rebuilding carried out in 1726-1727, but there has been a church here for at least eight hundred years, as it is recorded in 1170 as belonging to Shap Abbey. By 1291 Bampton was already a parish in its own right.
The church is an impressive Georgian church with a west tower, built to replace the mediæval church pulled down in 1726 as it had decayed to the extent of becoming unsafe.
A major Victorian restoration was carried out in 1885, principally of the roof, chancel arch and the interior, which added the double row of elegant oak pillars, panelling, choir stalls and organ seen today.[1]
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