St. Michael, Addingham, Cumberland

Description

The parish church of St. Michael, locally in the civil parish of Glassonby, and half a mile from the village of that name, is a small and plain, but ancient edifice of stone, in the Norman style, with some square-headed Perpendicular windows, and consists of chancel, nave, south-west porch and a western bell-gable with 2 bells: the east window and two others in the chancel and also two in the nave are stained: the communion plate includes a silver chalice and paten, dated 1612: the church was repaired in 1839, and in 1898 further alterations were made, when the chancel and nave were re-ceiled, new clergy and choir seats and pulpit provided, the chancel floor re-laid and other interior improvements made at a cost of £500: there are 200 sittings. In the churchyard stands the fine head of an ancient cross, recovered from the bed of the river about 1820. In 1913 various remains from the old churchyard of St. Michael were recovered from the bed of the river Eden; they consist of a hogback stone, a flat tombstone, on which is carved a cross and a sword, a square block with a rectangular hole in the centre, in all probability the original base of the ancient cross mentioned above, and one or two other stones of less importance.

Church Records

The parish registers date from the year 1604.