St Cuthbert's Church
Introduction
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St Cuthbert's Church
Image: © Tiger Taken: 26 Aug 2014
The dedication recalls that St Cuthbert's remains were brought to Great Salkeld from Lindisfarne in 880, to safeguard them from Norse raids, and it is likely that a church was built to house them. The present building dates from Norman times, as the small round-headed windows of the nave indicate, the chancel with its rectangular windows being rebuilt later and restored in 1866. A pele tower (one of three such in Cumbria) was added at the west end around 1380 for defence against the Scots. Arthur Mee, who visited in 1937, found it "not unlike a Norman keep ... Immense for the size of the church, [with] an embattled parapet, a square turret all the way up and windows which are little more than slits." St Cuthbert's is listed Grade II* https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101100260-church-of-st-cuthbert-great-salkeld
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Image Location
Latitude
54.723822
Longitude
-2.697546