Church of Saint Bridget, Bridekirk, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.

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There has been a Church in the village of Bridekirk, near Cockermouth since ancient times. A wooden Church was replaced with a stone one in 1130, with Norman architecture. In 1868 a replacement church was commissioned, because the old one was in poor state. This was built by Corey and Ferguson next to the old church, the chancel of which still remains. Only the tympanum and archway of the South door, the door in the South transept and the former Chancel arch (now over the organ), were incorporated into the new Church. The architecture is neo-Norman, cruciform with apse and crossed tower. Above the SW Norman doorway is the tympanum with a carved head of Christ (11th or 13th Century). It is somewhat corroded but still regarded as a 'most interesting piece of sculpture in any Cumberland Church'.

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Location: Church of Saint Bridget, Bridekirk, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
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Keywords: bridekirk, bridget, church, cumbria, england, gravestones, graveyard, saint