Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley was an Anglican priest, poet, local politician and conservationist. He became nationally and internationally known as one of the three founders of the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty in the 1890s.
Hardwicke Rawnsley
Parish church at Shiplake. Rawnsley was born in the rectory.
Octavia Hill (top) and Emma Cons
St Margaret, Low Wray, where Rawnsley was vicar from 1877 to 1883
St Kentigern's Church, Crosthwaite
Crosthwaite Parish Church is a church at Great Crosthwaite on the outskirts of Keswick in Cumbria, England. It is dedicated to St Kentigern and is the Anglican church of the parish of Crosthwaite. Since 1951 it has been a Grade II* listed building. The church has an evangelical tradition.
St Kentigern's Church, Crosthwaite
interior looking to the east
The eight bells are rung from the ground floor.
Crosthwaite Church viewed from the direction of Portinscale