Crosscrake is a village in
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...
, just off the
M6 Junction 36 in
North West
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of England. It is located just South of
Kendal
Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, south-east of Windermere and north of Lancaster. Historically in Westmorland, it lies within the dale of th ...
on the
A6, between the villages/hamlets
Stainton,
Sedgwick and
Barrows Green.
About
Crosscrake is a parish in the Kendal ward. Formerly, it was part of Heversham Parish. It is a small, rural village with a school (
Crosscrake C of E School
Crosscrake is a village in Cumbria, just off the M6 Junction 36 in North West of England. It is located just South of Kendal on the A6, between the villages/hamlets Stainton, Sedgwick and Barrows Green.
About
Crosscrake is a parish in the ...
) and a church, St. Thomas', Crosscrake.
Church
St. Thomas' Church was built by
Paley and Austin
Sharpe, Paley and Austin are the surnames of architects who practised in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, between 1835 and 1946, working either alone or in partnership. The full names of the principals in their practice, which went under vario ...
in 1875 of square slate blocks. It was built in the style of the 12th century to 13th century. It has a
nave
The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...
, a
chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse.
Ove ...
and
transept
A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In cruciform churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform ("cross-shaped") building withi ...
s. It also has two stained glass windows, with the eastern facing one being made by
Clayton and Bell
Clayton and Bell was one of the most prolific and proficient British workshops of stained-glass windows during the latter half of the 19th century and early 20th century. The partners were John Richard Clayton (1827–1913) and Alfred Bell (1832â ...
.
References
* http://www.visitcumbria.com/churches/crosscrake.htm
External links
Villages in Cumbria
Stainton, South Lakeland
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