| Location: |
In Broughton-in-Furness, signposted off Church Street. Grid ref. SD 209874. The church is usually open during the day. All services are family friendly with coffee afterwards. |
| Description: |
The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene is Grade II listed and it has existed in Broughton for more than 1000 years. The main doorway is Norman - you can see the marks left by the sharpening of arrows - and the font is thought to be 15th Century. The church was much extended in the 16th and 18th Centuries and again in the 19th Century. Therefore, it is now largely Victorian.
The pulpit has 8 panels carved with different rose motifs similar to those on the choir stalls. The panels were made by members of a wood carving class, including the vicar and members of his congregation, held in the village in 1903-4. You can see their names on the inside of the pulpit.
The panelling and reredos at the east end were given in 1928 in memory of Lord Cross of Eccle Riggs who paid for the Victorian restoration of the church.
The stained glass windows are all Victorian or later, most were designed and made in the studios of Charles Kempe, a famous worker in stained glass in the late 19th Century and were given in memory of prominent local people. Of particular interest is the window in the south wall showing "Spes" (hope), designed by Edward Burne-Jones. Shrigley & Hunt made the window showing the figure of "Fides" (faith).
The clock in the tower was made by J B Joyce of Whitchurch, Shropshire, in 1907 - one of the leading turret clock manufacturers of the period - and was restored in 2009.
In the church there is a wheeled 19th Century bier, also a chest carved from a solid trunk of oak with iron clasps bearing the date 1735. This is listed in the accounts for 1738 at One pound, six shillings and ninepence. The 15th Century bell inscribed John is my name is one of two original church bells. There is now a ring of 12 bells. There is a medieval piscina in the south wall - placed there when the old south wall was taken down in 1758 - a piscine was used to drain away water after washing the chalice and paten. |
| 1st Sunday: |
10.30 am Family Communion |
| 2nd Sunday: |
10.30 am Holy Communion and Sunday School |
| 3rd Sunday: |
10.30 am All Age Worship |
| 4th Sunday: |
10.30 am Holy Communion and Sunday School |
| 5th Sunday: |
10.30 am Holy Communion and Sunday School |
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