Manx Radio programme 'Keystones' interview with Hugh Jackson about the history of Malew church
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Date(s): 1980s, 1990s
Scope & Content: Recording of ‘Keystones’ Manx Radio programme hosted by David Bush. David is on-location at Kirk Malew parish church and talks with Hugh Jackson (Blue Badge Guide) about the history of Malew church.
Hugh talks about the setting-up of Blue Badge Guiding on the Isle of Man; history of the building and architecture of Malew church; dedication of the church to St Lupus; memorials in the church including those to the Taubman family and ‘Julius Caesar’; brass plate on lectern for William Christian (‘Illiam Dhone’) who is buried in Malew church; Robert and Thomas Parr, 17th-century vicars of Malew; tithes; witches in the 17th century; Joseph Bannon, sexton who rang church bells before the Second World War; carved bog oak reredos fragment in the gallery; 19th-century alterations to the church; Margaret Christian memorial and bishop Parr; ‘oldest gravestone’ from 1578 in the chancel; burials in the church; the ‘vampire’s grave’ in the churchyard.
Language: English
Extent: 25 min. 47 sec.
Item name: cassettee tape
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: SA 2019-0052/10
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