SD7087 : Parish Church of St Andrew & War Memorial
taken 10 years ago, near to Dent, Cumbria, England

St Andrew's originated in the 12th century, was rebuilt in 1417, restored in 1590, and again in 1787. It is Grade I listed. Link
For more detail read. Link![]()
Dent is a village in Cumbria. It lies in Dentdale, a narrow valley on the western slopes of the Pennines within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is about 4 miles south east of Sedbergh and about 8 miles north east of Kirkby Lonsdale.
It is the home to Dent microbrewery and the birthplace of Adam Sedgewick, the Geologist.
War memorials were mainly constructed after WWI to commemorate the troops who gave their lives in the war. Many were then updated after WWII. Some war memorials date back to the Boer War. Almost every town and village in Britain has a War Memorial. They take many forms, the commonest being an obelisk, a cross or statue of a soldier. Some commemorate the inhabitants of a place, some are for schools and others are for companies or Military groupings.
Many memorials are grade II listed, 61 are II* listed, Link*_listed_war_memorials_in_England
& 12 are Grade I listed. Link![]()
A search for memorials can be carried out at Link![]()