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St Mary's Church, Ennerdale
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St Mary's Church, Ennerdale
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St Mary's Church, Ennerdale
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Alex Foxfield
January 8, 2021
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Designed by Charles Eaglesfield of Maryport, St Mary's is a lovely church. Wordsworth mentions the building in his poem 'The Brothers'.
The church bell dates from before the Reformation and on it is inscribed 'Santa Bega ora pro nobis', which translates to St Bega pray for us. Bega was the pious daughter of an Irish chieftain who fled Ireland for Cumbria to escape a forced marriage to a Norse prince. The St Bega's Way long-distance trail passes by the church on its way to St Bega's church by Bassenthwaite Lake.
The church bell dates from before the Reformation and on it is inscribed 'Santa Bega ora pro nobis', which translates to St Bega pray for us. Bega was the pious daughter of an Irish chieftain who fled Ireland for Cumbria to escape a forced marriage to a Norse prince. The St Bega's Way long-distance trail passes by the church on its way to St Bega's church by Bassenthwaite Lake.
DirkWi
July 16, 2023
Hiking
When Wordsworth referred to this place in "The Brothers", another chapel stood here, which was 'Girt round with a bare ring of mossy wall'.
The chapel is gone, but the wall of the church and cemetery still seems to fit Wordsworth's description perfectly.
The chapel is gone, but the wall of the church and cemetery still seems to fit Wordsworth's description perfectly.
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Elevation 110 m