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.

The earliest part, in the north aisle, is twelfth-century, but additions were made in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and during restoration by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1845. There are twelve small consecration crosses outside and nine inside the church.

They mark the points at which the bishop anointed the walls after a restoration of the church in Tudor times. There is interesting stained glass and a number of ancient relics. Inside is the white marble effigy of Robert SOuthey, Poet Laureate and Keswick resident.

The epitaph is by his friend William Wordsworth. Southey is buried in the churchyard. ALso buried here is Cannon Rawnsley, who was vicar for thirty-four years, and who was one of the founders of the National Trust. Here too, are the ashes of Mrs Lynn Linton, novelist daughter of a former vicar and said to be the first woman newspaper writer to draw a fixed salary.

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