Chapel-le-dale – St Leonards’ Church
Location : Chapel-le-dale / Ribblehead / Kirkby Lonsdale
Ordnance Survey – SD 738772
The church is built using local limestone, giving it its ‘local’ grey colour.
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO THROUGH ACCIDENTS LOST THEIR LIVES, IN CONSTRUCTING THE RAILWAY WORKS, BETWEEN SETTLE, AND DENT HEAD. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED AT THE JOINT EXPENSE, OF THEIR FELLOW WORKMEN AND THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY 1869 TO 1876
This is dedicated to the workers who perished during the building of the Settle to Carlisle railway, and also those who built the viaduct at Ribblehead.
Although this church is just outside the border of Cumbria into North Yorkshire, it is included because of its importance in connection with the Carlisle Settle Railway.