'Haile Church'

Location : Egremont
Map - Ordnance Survey - NY 030088

Photo by Peter Eckersley

The little church at Haile, with no dedication, has Georgian plain arched windows, but the walls are medieval. The West porch was added by Ferguson in 1882. A South-East quoin in the nave is part of a Saxon cross-shaft, with scrolls. Outside against the West wall is a monument to John Ponsonby (1670).

There are three stained glass windows - the East window of the Crucifixion is by Wailes and Strang. A single window on the South side of the nave depicts an Act of Charity by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, and a single window on the North side of the nave depicts St George and the Dragon, by Powell of Whitefriars.

St George and the Dragon Memorial window to John Ponsonby (1866-1952) of Haile Hall by Powell of Whitefriars.	Monument to John Ponsonby (1670) on the west outside wall. The inscription reads : Learn Reader Under This Stone Doth Lye A Rare Example Cald John Ponsonbye If I Said Ylese I am Sur I Lyd He was a Faithful Friend And Soe He Dyd November 25 in the Year 1670