St. Runius, Marown, Isle of Man
The old Marown Parish Curch of St. Runius, originally built in the 12th Century but altered and enlarged in 1754.
The Church of England page for the church states that:
"The 12th century building was a simple oblong structure, very thick walled, and with no windows in the north wall, as in other ancient Manx churches. Much of this structure remains today in the north and eastern parts of the church, and can be traced as a low foundation-course, now grass-grown, outside the east end.
The entrance to this early Church was by way of a door in the south wall, near to the south-west corner. The site of this door can be seen in the outer south wall."
From the Manx Notebook website we learn:
"The church was extended westwards by about 5m in 1750-55; a record of 1798 states that the much earlier, moulded jamb-stones were removed from St Trinians. About the same time a western gallery was added (the stone steps are still visible) to house musicians (violins and flutes). Like the doorway below the entrance to the gallery is flanked by massive masonry derived from an earlier site. When the new church was built the old church was used as a mortuary chapel; part of the east end was demolished and a door constructed."
From 1779 until 1796 the vicar of this church and the Parish of Marown was Thomas Christian, an important composer of Manx carvals and the author of the first secular book published in Manx. Pargys Caillit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Christian
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St. Runius, Marown, Isle of Man
The old Marown Parish Curch of St. Runius, originally built in the 12th Century but altered and enlarged in 1754.
The Church of England page for the church states that:
"The 12th century building was a simple oblong structure, very thick walled, and with no windows in the north wall, as in other ancient Manx churches. Much of this structure remains today in the north and eastern parts of the church, and can be traced as a low foundation-course, now grass-grown, outside the east end.
The entrance to this early Church was by way of a door in the south wall, near to the south-west corner. The site of this door can be seen in the outer south wall."
From the Manx Notebook website we learn:
"The church was extended westwards by about 5m in 1750-55; a record of 1798 states that the much earlier, moulded jamb-stones were removed from St Trinians. About the same time a western gallery was added (the stone steps are still visible) to house musicians (violins and flutes). Like the doorway below the entrance to the gallery is flanked by massive masonry derived from an earlier site. When the new church was built the old church was used as a mortuary chapel; part of the east end was demolished and a door constructed."
From 1779 until 1796 the vicar of this church and the Parish of Marown was Thomas Christian, an important composer of Manx carvals and the author of the first secular book published in Manx. Pargys Caillit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Christian
Culture Vannin exists to promote and support all aspects of culture in the Isle of Man.