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placename:- St Kentigern's Church
other name:- Kirkcambeck Church
locality:- Kirkcambeck
parish Askerton parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
church
coordinates:- NY53356897
10Km square:- NY56

1Km square NY5368

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St Kentigern's Church (?) -- Kirkcambeck -- Askerton -- Cumbria / -- 29.3.2008
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St Kentigern's Church (?) -- Kirkcambeck -- Askerton -- Cumbria / -- 29.3.2008

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 12)

County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
Kirkcambeck Church (Remains of)

other name:- Kirkcambeck Church
date:- 1867=1868
period:- 19th century, late; 1860s

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
ARCH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST KENTIGERN / / / ASKERTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78115 / NY5337968970
courtesy of English Heritage
Arch from former church. Probably C13, rebuilt in C18. Moulded red sandstone. Single pointed arch built with materials from the medieval church. Church was destroyed in border raids in C14 and its exact position has not been established, but the present church of 1885 is thought to be on part of its site. See Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, old series, xii, p88.
district:- Carlisle
listed building -- arch
coordinates:- NY53376897
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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