St Kentigern's Church - Askerton - List Entry

  • Description

    "....This small church was constructed in 1885 on or near the site of an earlier C13 church, described as having been destroyed by border raids during the C14. An arch erected in the C18 of stone said to be from the former church, is located immediately E of the present church and is listed Grade II. It is recorded in Lanercost parish magazine in 1892 that parishioners believed that the ruined church would return one day if only a fragment of the former church was kept standing. The later C19 church was constructed as a Mission Hall or Chapel of Ease....."
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    Historic England
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    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1436853
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    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 5 years, 7 months ago
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