Lake District Travel Guide - Historic Churches

An intriguing chapel built in 1850 to cater to navvies building the London and North Western Railway company branch line to Ingleton. The chapel was built within Ingmire Hall Estate, a mile or so west of Sedbergh. Records suggest that the railway company sent a scripture reader for the workmen, and the chapel was built to provide a place of worship.
A684, Sedbergh, Cumbria, England, LA10 5ED

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There is so much history and legend surrounding the priory church of St Mary and St Bega in the Cumbrian coastal village of St Bees that it is hard to know where to begin. The church is partly dedicated to Bega, an Irish princess who landed on the Cumbrian coast after feeling an unwelcome marriage.
Church Road, St Bees, Cumbria, England, CA27 0DR

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Heritage Highlight: 9th century carved stone in the graveyard

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A lovely historic church on the shore of Bassenthwaite Lake. The church is dedicated to the Irish St Bega, who, legend tells us, had a cell here, and was perhaps buried here. The church lies just beside Mirehouse historic house and garden, under the lee of Skiddaw.
Bassenthwaite, Lake District, Cumbria, England, CA12 4QY

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The first church at Ulpha dates to the 13th century but the present whitewashed stone building was erected in the 17th century. Look for early 18th-century wall paintings inside the church, and a late medieval font. The setting beside the River Duddon is idyllic, and was eulogised by poet William Wordsworth.
Ulpha, Lake District, Cumbria, England, LA20 6DT

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Heritage Highlight: 1700 wall paintings

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There was a church at Wetheral in the 11th century, associated with nearby Wetheral Priory. Nothing now remains of that early church, and the current building of red sandstone dates to the 13th century, though much was rebuilt in the early 16th century.
Wetheral, Cumbria, England, CA4 8HA

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Heritage Highlight: Tomb of Lady Maria Howard, by Nollekens

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The M6 thunders through the rural parish of Wreay, just south of Carlisle, but most of the many motorists never realize they are passing close by one of the most astonishing little churches in England, and certainly one of the most idiosyncratic.
Wreay, Cumbria, England, CA4 0SA

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