Aldingham: St Cuthbert

Name:
Aldingham: St Cuthbert
Record Type:
Church
Church code:
607155
Diocese:
Carlisle
Archdeaconry:
Westmorland & Furness
Parish:
Aldingham, Dendron and Rampside

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II* Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is not in a Conservation Area

Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Medieval

Exterior Image

Exterior image of 607155 St Cuthbert, Aldingham
Caption:
Exterior image of 607155 St Cuthbert, Aldingham
Description:
Photograph of the exterior of St Cuthbert, Aldingham.
Year / Date:
2012, February 20
Copyright:
Alexander P Kapp
Originator:
Alexander P Kapp

Summary Description

A church that requires careful historic study and in a beautiful setting overlooking Morecambe Bay. The dedication is said to refer to the monks of Lindisfarne stopping here with the St Cuthbert's coffin. Aldingham is mentioned in the Domesday book and the first rector of the church, a le Fleming, is recorded in 1180. Pevsner says the chancel with its priest's doorway "is the most valuable piece" as it dates from the c 1300. The difference in the ages of the arcades is so clearly identifiable here; the north row is of 1845 but the southern row has round, and much lower, Norman arches with one waterleaf capital and, it is suggested, was also part of the original church. Although the nave roof has a ceiling the chancel roof structure is exposed and the timbers are interesting and may have been re-used form a shipwreck. The interior fittings are quite fine with a late seventeenth century Communion Rail and box pews from the middle of the nineteenth century.

Visiting and Facilities

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Church Website

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Sources and Further Information

Alexander P Kapp (2012, February 20) Exterior image of 607155 St Cuthbert, Aldingham [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Exterior image of 607155 St Cuthbert, Aldingham
Alexander P Kapp (2012, February 20) Interior image of 607155 St Cuthbert, Aldingham [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Interior image of 607155 St Cuthbert, Aldingham
CWGC (2016) Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC Unique File Reference Number: 2084 [Bibliography/Data]
Number of War Graves: 2
Church of England (2021) A Church Near You https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/12333/ [Digital Archive/Index]
View information on worship and access at this church
Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 3 Bells [Archive/Index]
3 Bells