St Mary's Church, Gosforth
St Mary's Church in the village of Gosforth, Cumbria, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Olaf, Wasdale Head, and St Michael, Nether Wasdale. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is associated with "a unique Viking-age assemblage" of carved stones.
West end of St Mary's Church, Gosforth, with the Gosforth Cross standing to the right of the porch
Gosforth Cross
Interior view of St Mary's church, Gosforth, Cumbria.
Hogback tombs in the church
Gosforth is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Lake District, in the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it is situated on the A595 road between Whitehaven and Barrow-in-Furness. It had a population of 1,230 at the 2001 Census. At the 2011 census Gosforth was grouped with Ponsonby and Wasdale giving a total population of 1,396.
Gosforth Parish Church
The Lion and the Lamb pub at the junction.
The Gosforth Cross beside St Mary's Church, Gosforth. It is over fourteen feet high.
The two hogsback tomb markers now in the parish church, thought to be stylised "houses of the dead" with tiled roofs.
