{"id":146,"date":"2020-01-02T13:54:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T13:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-matthews\/?page_id=146"},"modified":"2023-04-13T13:36:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T12:36:15","slug":"present-church-built-in1909","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/upperwensleydalechurch.org\/st-matthews\/present-church-built-in1909\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Old to the New"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been a Church on Raydaleside for many years.\u00a0 The first was built on common land between the village and Lake Semerwater in 1603.\u00a0 During the Civil War, this Church fell into ruin and nothing now remains.\u00a0 In 1722 the inhabitants bought the land and rebuilt the Church.\u00a0 The first Curate was Anthony Clapham whose stipend was twenty-seven pounds and five shillings a year.\u00a0 When the new Church of St Matthew\u2019s was built in the village of Stalling Busk in 1908-1909, the old Church fell into disuse and was stripped of its roof and furnishings.\u00a0 The ruins can be seen, a short walk from the village in it tranquil setting overlooking the Lake.\u00a0 Approximately 750 people from the area lie buried in the Graveyard surrounding the ruined Church.<\/p>\n

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1905 – <\/strong>Frederick Morris Symonds Squibb appointed Vicar of Askrigg and Stalling Busk.\u00a0 He began a mission to remove worship from old church to Stalling Busk.\u00a0 He built the vicarage at Askrigg.\u00a0 The livings were not classed as a united benefice until 1930 when Rev Bayley was Vicar.<\/p>\n

1906 \u2013 <\/strong>17th April, a meeting of Church Wardens and parishioners was held to discuss the idea of a new church. \u00a0John Chapman of Thornton Rust gave the site for the new church.<\/p>\n

1907<\/strong>– Appeals were made in a variety of places for contributions towards the funding of the new church.\u00a0 Miss Isabel Robinson who was in charge of the school, worked hard to raise support for the school and the new church.<\/p>\n

1909 \u2013 <\/strong>20th<\/sup> October, St Matthews was consecrated.\u00a0 The Hon Mrs Orde-Powlett (Bolton Hall) laid the foundation stone in May 1909.\u00a0\u00a0 It had taken 6 months to build with T Gerard Davidson as architect and John Moore of Hawes as builder.\u00a0 The new church was built in a traditional cruciform but does not face east because of the lie of the land.\u00a0 The old church was replaced by the new by an instrument from the Bishop.\u00a0 The total cost was \u00a3815:12:5.<\/p>\n

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1913<\/strong> \u2013 A faculty stated that:<\/p>\n