Editing Cartmel Priory (section)

===19th and 20th centuries===
By 1830 the church was in need of repair again, and underwent a restoration, which has been described in the Edge Guide<ref>[http://www.edgeguide.co.uk/cumbria/cartmelpriory.html Edge Guide: "Cartmel Pruiory"]</ref> as "more enthusiastic than sympathetic".  In 1850 a new panelled ceiling was inserted in the central part of the church, forming the belfry floor.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Cartmel Church |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/19030223/072/0004 |newspaper=Westmorland Gazette |location=England |date=6 April 1850 |access-date=5 March 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

A further restoration was carried out in 1867 by [[E. G. Paley]].<ref>{{Citation | last1 = Brandwood| first1 = Geoff| last2 = Austin| first2 = Tim| last3 = Hughes| first3 = John| last4 = Price| first4 = James| year = 2012| title = The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin|location = Swindon|  publisher = [[English Heritage]]|  page = 222| isbn = 978-1-84802-049-8}}</ref> The restoration was described in the ''Westmorland Gazette'' of 28 September 1867<ref name=WG1867>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Cartmel Church Restoration |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000399/18670928/022/0005 |newspaper=Westmorland Gazette |location=England |date=28 September 1867 |access-date=5 March 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> <blockquote>The old seats and galleries have been removed from the nave and transepts, which have been reseated with new benches of oak. The plaster and whitewash of succeeding centuries has been entirely taken off and cleaned from the walls, pillars, and arches of the church. The ancient massive open timbered roof of oak, which for centuries has been hid behind a plastered ceiling, has been uncovered and restored. The whole of the windows have been reglazed with Hartley’s cathedral glass. A new font, pulpit and reading-desk of stone have been added to the church. The font is square with moulded panels, carved and drapered work, and marble shaft. The pulpit is of octagonal design, supported by marble shafts, on three sides are moulded panels containing carved heads representing our Saviour, St. Peter, and St. Paul. A new organ has been erected in the town choir.</blockquote>

In 1923, the gatehouse became a museum,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Town and County Gossip |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/19230702/003/0002 |newspaper=Derby Daily Telegraph |location=England |date=2 July 1923 |access-date=5 March 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>  and was used for exhibitions, and meetings, before being presented in 1946<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Gift to National Trust |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19460618/156/0006 |newspaper=Yorkshire Port and Leeds Intelligencer |location=England |date=18 June 1946 |access-date=5 March 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>  to the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] who continue to operate it as the "[[Cartmel Priory Gatehouse]]".

The church is an active [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[parish church]] in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the [[diocese of Carlisle]]. Its [[benefice#Church of England|benefice]] is united with those of [[St Mary's Church, Allithwaite|St&nbsp;Mary, Allithwaite]], [[St Peter's Church, Field Broughton|St&nbsp;Peter, Field Broughton]], [[St John the Baptist's Church, Flookburgh|St&nbsp;John the Baptist, Flookburgh]], [[St Paul Parish Church, Grange-over-Sands|St&nbsp;Paul, Grange-over-Sands]], [[Grange Fell Church, Grange-Over-Sands]], and St&nbsp;Paul, Lindale, to form the benefice of [[Cartmel Peninsula]].<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.achurchnearyou.com/cartmel-st-mary-st-michael/| title = St Mary & St Michael, Cartmel| access-date = 18 November 2011| publisher = [[Church of England]]}}</ref> The church is recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]] as a designated Grade&nbsp;I [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed building]].<ref name=nhl>{{National Heritage List for England |num= 1335798|desc= Priory Church of St Mary, Cartmel|access-date= 18 November 2011|mode=cs2}}</ref>

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File:Cartmel Priory from East 27.03.17.jpg|Priory exterior from the east
File:Cartmel Priory, Cartmel, England - pews.jpg|Interior, October 2007
File:CartmelS12.jpg|The "[[Green Man]]" [[misericord]] in the Choir
File:Cartmel Priory, Cartmel, England - graves.jpg|Grave markers, October 2007
File:Cartmel Priory, Cartmel, England - exterior.jpg|Exterior, October 2007
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