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St Mary (Wreay)
This unusual church was built by local craftsmen. In 1840 Sarah Losh, who lived here, designed and paid for the church as a memorial to her sister and family.
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St James (Whitehaven)
Built in 1753, the church stands high looking down on to the town centre. The architect was Carlisle Spedding, a famous mining engineer.
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St Olaf (Wasdale)
Situated at the head of the valley amidst the network of stone walls which enclose the fields, this church is probably sixteenth-century.
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St Columba (Warcop)
Originally a twelfth-century church, this solid little red sandstone building has had additions and restorations over the centuries.
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St Michael (Torpenhow)
This is one of the few unspoilt twelfth-century churches and is well worth seeking out.
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St Oswald (Ravenstonedale)
The mid eighteenth-century church replaced an older one, parts of which still remain.
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St James (Ormside)
A pleasant way to reach Great Ormside is to walk 3km from Appleby on the bank of the river Eden.
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St Cuthbert (Newton Arlosh)
In 1303 the Abbot of Holme Cultram obtained a charter from King Edward I to build a church at Newton Arlosh.
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St Kentigern (Mungrisdale)
A small low dales church, St Kentigern's was rebuilt in 1756 although a church had existed here since AD 552.
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St Laurence (Morland)
Although much restored in 1896, this is an ancient foundation dating from 1050 and has the only Anglo-Saxon church tower in Cumbria.
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No dedication (Matterdale)
On the A5091 south-west of Penrith. This is a good example of a small fellcountry church in a relatively remote yet accessible location.
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St Martin (Martindale)
Rebuilt in 1633, this is a typical small seventeenth-century dale chapel in one of the most lovely and peaceful settings in the Lake District.
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St Stephen (Kirkby Stephen)
One of the finest old churches in Cumbria, according to tradition founded in the eighth century.
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St Mary the Virgin (Kirkby Lonsdale)
St Mary's is one of Cumbria's best Norman churches. Its outstanding feature is its massive arches, with some of the supporting columns of the north arcade carved with a type of trellis decoration seen principally at Durham Cathedral.
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Holy and Undivided Trinity (Kendal)
In 1087 Ivo de Tailebois, first Baron of Kendal, is recorded as conveying a church on this site to St Mary's Abbey, York.
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St Michael (Isel)
This beautiful small church, tucked away beside the bridge over the river Derwent, is largely Norman, the chancel arch dating from 1130.
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St Peter (Heversham)
This is claimed as the oldest recorded church in Westmorland. It is thought that the site could have originated as an Anglian monastery as early as the seventh century, although an Anglian cross shaft in the porch is the only tangible evidence.
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St Michael and All Angels (Hawkshead)
A simple yet attractive church, much admired by Wordsworth, it has a lovely setting overlooking the village and surrounding countryside.
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St Andrew (Greystoke)
The foundation of this large church dates from at least 1255. Its history is closely linked with the Barons of Greystoke Castle.
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St Oswald (Grasmere)
Legend has it that St Oswald preached here in the seventh-century and that a church was established soon after. The present church dates from the mid thirteenth-century and was extended in the sixteenth-century.
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St Mary (Gosforth)
There are some Norman features - a doorway in the south wall and the reset Norman columns with carved heads at the capitals which support the fourteenth-century chancel arch.
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St Catherine (Eskdale)
St Catherine's stands in a beautiful location by the river Esk and is a typical small dale chapel.
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St Kentigern (Crosthwaite)
The parish church of Keswick, this is one of several churches in the area dedicated to the early Christian missionary, who is also known by his Scottish name of St Mungo.
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St Andrew (Crosby Garrett)
To reach the village requires careful navigation along narrow country lanes. The effort is well rewarded by a delightful and interesting church with a superb hilltop location giving stunning views in every direction.
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St Anthony (Cartmel Fell)
This delightful little church is said to have been built by local people in 1504 to save the 11km walk to Cartmel Priory.
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St Michael (Burgh by Sands)
The church has a pele tower built in 1181 almost entirely with stones from the Roman wall.
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St Ninian (Brougham)
Access is via a signposted track across fields from the road. A Saxon church, then a Norman one stood here before complete rebuilding by Lady Anne Clifford in 1660.
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St Bridget (Bridekirk)
At Bridekirk a dignified nineteenth-century church has largely replaced the Normal foundation.
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St Martin (Bowness-on-Windermere)
The church was rebuilt after a fire had destroyed an earlier church in 1480. An outstanding feature is the fine medieval glass of the east window; much of it thought to have been brought here from Cartmel Priory at the Dissolution.
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All Saints (Bolton)
The attractively situated twelth-century building is approached through rows of neatly clipped yews.
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St Cuthbert (Bewcastle)
This simple building, which stands within the site of a Roman fort, was begun in the thirteenth century. The west tower is Georgian.
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St Bridget (Beckermet)
The village has two churches, the ancient St Bridget's and the more recent St John's.
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St Bega (Bassenthwaite)
This is the old church, the newer one stands on the main A591 adjacent to the village.
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St Michael (Barton)
The Church is beautifully situated near Tirril, just off the Penrith to Pooley Bridge (Ullswater) road.
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St Lawrence (Appleby-in-Westmorland)
The church stands at the lower end of Boroughgate beyond the cloisters which were designed in 1811 by Sir Robert Smirke, the architect of Lowther Castle, as replacements for older buildings.
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