St. John the Baptist, Blackford, Cumberland

Description

The church of St. John the Baptist, erected in 1870 at a cost of £2,000, is a building of red sandstone, in the Gothic style, from designs by Mr. Borough, architect, late of Carlisle, and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and a turret containing 2 bells: in 1899 a new organ was provided, choir stalls and heating apparatus put in, and the chancel decorated, at a cost of £300: there are 160 sittings.

Church Records

The registers date from the year 1871.