2006

NY6623 : Church of St Margaret and St James, Long Marton

taken 18 years ago, near to Long Marton, Cumbria, England

Church of St Margaret and St James, Long Marton
Church of St Margaret and St James, Long Marton
The oldest parts of this church were built in the 11C, possibly Saxon - the nave with its enormous quoin stones, the south doorway with a tympanum carved with a winged quadruped, and a similar west doorway, although this also has typical Norman motifs. The north doorway is Norman. of the 12C, and the west tower and the east end of the chancel are also 12C, although the chancel windows are in Decorative style.

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Category: Church
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Church of St Margaret St James [43] · South [10] · Norman South Doorway Tympanum [7] · Chancel [3] · Nave [3] · Norman Tympanum above the West Doorway [3] · Winged Quadruped [3] · North Doorway [2] · Saxon [2] · Window [2] ·
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NY6623, 49 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Humphrey Bolton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 3 November, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 10 November, 2006
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 666 239 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:36.5490N 2:31.1172W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 666 239
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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