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Jane Nixon

St. Michael and All Angels (Arthuret) Church, Longtown, Cumbria, England.
Name
Jane /Nixon/
Surname
Nixon
Given names
Jane
Married name
Jane /Little/
Family with Christopher Little
husband
St. Michael and All Angels (Arthuret) Church, Longtown, Cumbria, England.
Death:
herself
St. Michael and All Angels (Arthuret) Church, Longtown, Cumbria, England.
Death:
Marriage Marriage8 February 1807St. Michael and All Angels (Arthuret) Church, Longtown, Cumbria, England
17 years
daughter
18231875
Birth: about 1823 Arthuret, Cumbria, England
Death: October 1875Hayton, Cumbria, England
Marriage
Birth of a daughter
Marriage of a daughter
Death of a daughter
Address: Ringate, Hayton, Cumbria, England.
Burial of a daughter
Death
yes
Reference number
806
Unique identifier
AD1EA7FE1B62C4449FA6F6569F1F51089D97
Last change
30 October 201219:25:09
Author of last change: Danny
Media object
St. Michael and All Angels (Arthuret) Church, Longtown, Cumbria, England.
St. Michael and All Angels (Arthuret) Church, Longtown, Cumbria, England.
Note: Arthuret Church, which is on the outskirts of Longtown, dates from 1150. It was originally served by the monks of Jedbergh. The present Church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels was built in 1609 in a late Gothic style. The building was financed by a collection taken throughout the realm in the reign of King James I, because the people were considered to be without faith.

Arthuret Church, which is on the outskirts of Longtown, dates from 1150. It was originally served by the monks of Jedbergh. The present Church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels was built in 1609 in a late Gothic style. The building was financed by a collection taken throughout the realm in the reign of King James I, because the people were considered to be without faith.

Archie Armstrong, favourite Court Jester to James I, and later Charles I, is buried in the Churchyard. In the Churchyard is also an unusual stone cross, consisting of two parts of an early medieval wheel-head cross clamped together on a tapering shaft with 19th Century decorations.

Near the church on the west side and situated half way down the escarpment is a spring known as St Michael's Well. This has been refurbished and fenced with metal railings by the Parish Council.

Nearby lies the site of the famous 1542 Battle of Solway Moss, fought between the Scottish and the English armies. James V had defeated the English at Haddon Rig in August 1542 and then decided to invade England with approximately 10,000 men. Sir Thomas Wharton, with only 3000 English, met him at Solway Moss.

The wooded hill next to the church is supposed to be the site of the Battle of Arthuret (circa 573AD), at which Urien of Reghed fought off the Anglo-Saxon invaders from the east coast.