Addingham - St Michael & All Angels Church

'Addingham - St Michael & All Angels Church'

Location : Little Salkeld
Map - Ordnance Survey - NY 574383

Addingham - St Michael & All Angels Church. F95P5

The Church of St Michael and All Angels at Addingham is situated about a mile south of the village of Glassonbury. Although Addingham is an Anglo-Saxon settlement, there hasn't been a village here since the 14th Century, when the River Eden changed its course and washed the village away.

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Near the entrance stands a well preserved Anglo-Saxon hammer-head cross, with four holes and carved scrolls (right).
In the porch of the Church is a Viking hog-back tombstone, two parts of a 14th Century Viking cross, and two coffin lids decorated with early Christian emblems.

Addingham - St Michael & All Angels Church. F95P7

Inside the Church are several stained glass windows, including a modern one by S.M.Scott, depicting St Michael and the dragon, inserted in 1973 as a memorial to Frederick and Thomas Westgarth, and their wives (left).

Addingham - St Michael & All Angels Church

Aerial photo by Simon Ledingham.

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