The following is a list of churches in Allerdale.
The following parishes have no active churches: Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth; Bothel and Threapland; Dundraw; Greysouthen; Holme Low; Oughterside and Allerby; Papcastle; Winscales; Woodside.
The district has an estimated 121 churches for 96,422 people, a ratio of one church for every 797 inhabitants.
For the purposes of this map medieval is taken to be pre-1485. It is of note that Cumbria, unlike most parts of England, saw a sustained programme of church building during the 16th and 17th centuries as the more remote parts of the district were settled.
Name | Civil parish (settlement) | Dedication | Web | Founded | Denomination | Benefice | Notes |
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St Herbert, Braithwaite | Above Derwent (Braithwaite) | Herbert of D'water | 1900 [1] | Church of England | Upper Derwent | ||
Newlands Church | Above Derwent (Newlands) | C16th | Church of England | Upper Derwent | Current building 1843 | ||
St Mary, Thornthwaite | Ab. Derwent (Thornthwaite) | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Upper Derwent | Medieval chapel of ease; current church 1831 | |
St Andrew, Aikton | Aikton | Andrew | Medieval | Church of England | East Solway Churches [2] | Benefice also includes three churches in Carlisle District | |
All Saints, Allhallows | Allhallows | All Saints | 1896-1899 | Church of England | Binsey Team [3] | Replaced earlier 12th-century church nearby | |
Christ Church, Allonby | Allonby | Jesus | 1744 [4] | Church of England | Allonby, Crosscanonby, Dearham | Rebuilt 1845 | |
St Kentigern, Aspatria | Aspatria | Mungo | Ancient [5] | Church of England | Aspatria with Hayton, Gilcrux | Rebuilt 1846-1848 | |
Aspatria Methodist Church | Aspatria | 1898 | Methodist | Wigton Methodist Circuit [6] | |||
St John, Bassenthwaite | Bassenthwaite | John ? | 1878 | Church of England | Binsey Team [3] | Originally chapel of ease since St Bega's so far from village | |
St Bega, Bassenthwaite | Bassenthwaite | Bega | Ancient | Church of England | Binsey Team [3] | ||
Bassenthwaite Methodist Church | Bassenthwaite | 1865 [7] | Methodist | Keswick & Cockermouth MC [8] | |||
Blennerhasset Evangelical Mission | Blennerhasset & Torpenhow | FIEC [9] | Affinity | ||||
St Michael & All Angels, Torpenhow | Blennerhasset & Torpenhow | Michael & Angels | Medieval | Church of England | Binsey Team [3] | ||
St Michael, Mosser | Blindbothel | Michael | C16th | Church of England | Clifton, Dean & Mosser | Originally chapel of ease. Current building 1773 | |
St Michael, Isel | Blindcrake | Michael | Medieval | Church of England | Binsey Team [3] | ||
All Saints, Boltongate | Boltons | All Saints | C14th | Church of England | Binsey Team [3] | ||
Holy Trinity, Grange in Borrowdale | Borrowdale (Grange) | Trinity | 1861 [10] | Church of England | Upper Derwent | Also hosts Methodist services since Grange Meth Ch. closed | |
St Andrew, Borrowdale | Borrowdale | Andrew | 1687 [11] | Church of England | Upper Derwent | Rebuilt 1825 | |
St Michael, Bowness-on-Solway | Bowness | Michael | Medieval [12] | Church of England | Bowness, Kirkbride, Newton Arlosh | ||
Solway Methodist Church | Bowness (Port Carlisle) | 1861 [13] [14] | Methodist | North Cumbria MC | |||
St Bridget, Bridekirk | Bridekirk | Brigid of Kildare | Medieval | Church of England | Cockermouth Area Team [15] | Rebuilt 1868 | |
St Bridget, Brigham | Brigham | Brigid of Kildare | Medieval [16] | Church of England | Brigham, Gt B'ton, B'ton Moor | ||
Brigham Methodist Church | Brigham | 1883 [17] | Methodist | Keswick & Cockermouth MC [8] | |||
St Mungo, Bromfield | Bromfield | Mungo | Ancient | Church of England | Solway Plain Team [18] | Current building 1100s | |
Christ Church, Great Broughton | Broughton | Jesus | 1856 [16] | Church of England | Cockermouth Area Team [15] | ||
Broughton Evangelical Church | Broughton | Unknown | [19] | ||||
Broughton Baptist Church | Broughton | No information other than a photo, [20] may be defunct | |||||
Broughton Methodist Church | Broughton | pre-1859 [21] | Methodist | Current building 1907 | |||
St Columba, Broughton Moor | Broughton Moor | Columba | 1905 [16] | Church of England | Brigham, Gt B'ton, B'ton Moor | ||
St James, Buttermere | Buttermere | James | 1507 | Church of England | Lorton, Loweswater, Buttermere [22] | Rebuilt 1840 | |
St Kentigern, Caldbeck | Caldbeck | Mungo | Ancient [23] | Church of England | Caldbeck, C. Sowerby, Sebergham | Current building 1112. Benefice includes one church in Eden | |
Caldbeck Methodist Chapel | Caldbeck | 1863 [24] | Methodist | Wigton Methodist Circuit [6] | |||
Hesket Newmarket Free Church | Caldbeck (Hesk. Newmarket) | [25] | 1850s | FIEC (1993) | Affinity | ||
St Peter, Camerton | Camerton | Peter | Medieval | Church of England | Camerton, Seaton [26] | Rebuilt 1794 | |
All Saints, Cockermouth | Cockermouth | All Saints | Medieval | Church of England | Cockermouth Area Team [15] | Current building 1854 | |
Christ Church, Cockermouth | Cockermouth | Jesus | 1865 | Church of England | Cockermouth Area Team [15] | ||
St Joseph, Cockemouth | Cockermouth | Joseph | 1856 | Roman Catholic | Keswick & C'mouth Catholic [27] | ||
Cockermouth Methodist Church | Cockermouth | pre-1932 | Methodist | Keswick & Cockermouth MC [8] | Current building 1932 | ||
Cockermouth URC | Cockermouth | 1651 [28] | URC | Current building 1850 | |||
Cockermouth Friends Meeting House | Cockermouth | 1688 | Quakers | Cumberland Area Quakers [29] | Current building 1884 | ||
King's Church Cockermouth | Cockermouth | Jesus | [30] | Newfrontiers | |||
St John the Evangelist, Crosscanonby | Crosscanonby | John the Evangelist | Medieval [4] | Church of England | Allonby, Crosscanonby, Dearham | ||
St Oswald, Dean | Dean | Oswald of N'umbria | Medieval [31] | Church of England | Clifton, Dean & Mosser | ||
St Philip, Eaglesfield | Dean (Eaglesfield) | Philip | 1891 [32] | Church of England | Clifton, Dean & Mosser | AKA the John Dalton Memorial Church [33] | |
Pardshaw Friends Meeting House | Dean (Pardshaw) | 1729 | Quakers | Cumberland Area Quakers [29] | Home to Pardshaw Young Friends' Centre | ||
St Mungo, Dearham | Dearham | Mungo | Medieval [4] | Church of England | Allonby, Crosscanonby, Dearham | ||
Dearham Methodist Church | Dearham | Methodist | Solway Methodist Circuit [34] | ||||
St Cuthbert, Embleton | Embleton | Cuthbert | Medieval | Church of England | Binsey Team [3] | Rebuilt 1806 | |
St Mary, Gilcrux | Gilcrux | Mary | Medieval [5] | Church of England | Aspatria with Hayton, Gilcrux | ||
Great Clifton Methodist Church | Great Clifton | Methodist | Solway Methodist Circuit [34] | ||||
St James, Hayton | Hayton and Mealo | James | 1867 [5] | Church of England | Aspatria with Hayton, Gilcrux | ||
St Mary, Abbeytown | Holme Abbey (Abbeytown) | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Solway Plain Team [18] | Largely destroyed by fire 2009 | |
Abbeytown Methodist Chapel | Holme Abbey (Abbeytown) | 1858 [35] | Methodist | Wigton Methodist Circuit [6] | |||
St John the Evangelist, Newton Arlosh | Holme East Waver | John the Evangelist | Medieval | Church of England | Bowness, Kirkbride, Newton Arlosh | [12] | |
St Cuthbert, Holme St Cuthbert | Holme St Cuthbert | Cuthbert | 1845 | Church of England | Solway Plain Team [18] | ||
St James, Ireby | Ireby and Uldale | James | 1845 | Church of England | Binsey Team [3] | Replaced Norman church a mile away (redundant 1971) | |
St James, Uldale | Ireby and Uldale | James | Medieval | Church of England | Binsey Team [3] | ||
St Kentigern, Crosthwaite | Keswick (Great Crosthwaite) | Mungo | [36] | Ancient | Church of England | Crosthwaite | |
St John, Keswick | Keswick | John the Evangelist | [37] | 1838 | Church of England | Keswick | Designed by Anthony Salvin |
Our Lady of the Lakes & St Charles, Keswick | Keswick | Mary & Charles Borr | Roman Catholic | Keswick & C'mouth Catholic [27] | |||
Orthodox Parish of SS Bega, Mungo & Herbert | Keswick | Bega, Mungo, Herbert | [38] | 2007 | AROCWE | Also meet in Braithwaite Methodist Chapel | |
Keswick Methodist Church | Keswick | [39] | pre-1835 | Methodist | Keswick & Cockermouth MC [8] | Current building 1863 [40] | |
Lake Road Chapel, Keswick | Keswick | [41] | 1654 | EFCC | Affinity. Settled on current site 1803, building rebuilt 1858 | ||
King's Church Keswick | Keswick | Jesus | [42] | Newfrontiers | |||
Keswick Friends Meeting House | Keswick | c. 1665 | Quakers | Cumberland Area Quakers [29] | Current building 1994 | ||
Keswick Gospel Hall | Keswick | [43] | |||||
St Peter, Kirkbampton | Kirkbampton | Peter | Medieval | Church of England | East Solway Churches [2] | ||
St Bride, Kirkbride | Kirkbride | Brigid of Kildare | Medieval | Church of England | Bowness, Kirkbride, Newton Arlosh | ||
St Luke, Clifton | Little Clifton | Luke | [44] | Medieval | Church of England | Clifton, Dean & Mosser | Current building 1858 |
St Cuthbert, Lorton | Lorton | Cuthbert | Medieval | Church of England | Lorton, Loweswater, Buttermere [22] | Rebuilt 1807-1809 | |
St Bartholomew, Loweswater | Loweswater | Bartholomew | Medieval | Church of England | Lorton, Loweswater, Buttermere [22] | Current building 1829. Chapel of ease until recent times | |
St Nicholas, Flimby | Maryport (Flimby) | Nicholas | Medieval | Church of England | Maryport | Current building 1794. Chapel of ease until 1546 [45] | |
St Mary, Maryport | Maryport | Mary | 1760 [46] | Church of England | Maryport | Originally a chapel of ease to Crosscanonby. Rebuilt 1890 | |
All Souls, Netherton | Maryport | All Saints | 1886 | Church of England | Maryport | ||
Trinity Baptist Church, Maryport | Maryport | Trinity | [47] | 1807 [46] | Ind. Bapt. | Current building 1968-1973 | |
Our Lady & St Patrick, Maryport | Maryport | Mary & Patrick | 1844 [46] [48] | Roman Catholic | |||
St Mark's Methodist Church, Maryport | Maryport | Mark | 1806 [46] | Methodist | Solway Methodist Circuit [34] | Relocated to new buildings 1864, 1973 | |
Maryport Pentecostal Church | Maryport | Unknown | AKA Maryport Community Church [49] | ||||
Furnace Road Gospel Hall | Maryport | Unknown | Building was once a Baptist chapel, built 1861 [50] | ||||
St Cuthbert, Plumbland | Plumbland | Cuthbert | Medieval | Church of England | Binsey Team [3] | Rebuilt 1871 | |
Plumbland Evangelical Chapel | Plumbland | FIEC [51] | Affinity | ||||
St Paul, Seaton | Seaton | Paul | 1882 | Church of England | Camerton, Seaton [26] | Became own parish 1987 | |
Seaton Methodist Church | Seaton | Methodist | Solway Methodist Circuit | ||||
St Mary, Sebergham | Sebergham | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Caldbeck, C. Sowerby, Sebergham | ||
St James, Welton | Sebergham | James | C19th | Church of England | Westward Group | ||
St Barnabas, Setmurthy | Setmurthy | Barnabas | Medieval | Church of England | Binsey Team [3] | Current building 1794. Previously chapel of ease to Brigham | |
Christ Church, Silloth | Silloth on Solway | Jesus | 1870 | Church of England | Solway Plain Team [18] | ||
The Assumption, Silloth | Silloth on Solway | Assumption of Mary | Roman Catholic | ||||
St Andrew's URC, Silloth | Silloth on Solway | Andrew | 1887 [52] | URC | |||
Trinity Methodist Church, Silloth | Silloth on Solway | Trinity | 1875 [52] | Methodist | Wigton Methodist Circuit [6] | ||
Silloth Evangelical Free Church | Silloth on Solway | FIEC [53] | Affinity | ||||
Greenrow Pentecostal Church | Silloth on Solway | 1930s [52] | Unknown | ||||
St John, St John's in the Vale | St John's C'rigg & Wythburn | John the Evangelist | pre-1550 | Church of England | St John's, Threlkeld, Wythburn | Earliest mention 1554. Building 1845 | |
Wythburn Church | St John's C'rigg & Wythburn | Unknown | pre-1550 | Church of England | St John's, Threlkeld, Wythburn | Earliest mention 1554. Current building 1640 | |
St Andrew, Thursby | Thursby | Andrew | [54] | Ancient | Church of England | Thursby | Current building 1846 |
Thursby Methodist Church | Thursby | [55] | Methodist | North Cumbria MC | |||
Underskiddaw Parish Room | Underskiddaw | 1829 [56] | Church of England | Crosthwaite | |||
Christ Church, Waverton | Waverton | Jesus | 1865 | Church of England | Solway Plain Team [18] | ||
St Matthew, Westnewton | Westnewton | Matthew | 1857 | Church of England | Solway Plain Team [18] | ||
St Hilda, Westward | Westward | Hilda of Whitby | pre-1570 | Church of England | Westward Group | Rebuilt 1786 | |
Holy Trinity, Rosley | Westward | Trinity | 1840s | Church of England | Westward Group | ||
St Mary, Wigton | Wigton | Mary | [57] | Medieval | Church of England | Wigton | Current building 1788 |
Wigton Methodist Church | Wigton | [58] | 1819 | Methodist | Wigton Methodist Circuit [6] | ||
St Cuthbert, Wigton | Wigton | Cuthbert | 1837 | Roman Catholic | |||
Lowmoor Evangelical Church | Wigton | [59] | 1997 | Unknown | |||
St John, Workington | Workington | John the Evangelist | [60] | 1823 | Church of England | Workington St John's | |
St Mary, Westfield | Workington | Mary | 1887 | Church of England | Workington St Mary's | ||
St Michael, Workington | Workington | Michael | [61] | Ancient | Church of England | Workington St Michael's | Current building 1770 |
St Mary, Harrington | Workington (Harrington) | Mary | [62] | Medieval | Church of England | Harrington | Rebuilt 1634 and 1884-1885 |
Our Lady Star of the Sea & St Michael, Workington | Workington | Mary & Michael | 1813 | Roman Catholic | Good Shepherd Workington [63] | Rebuilt 1876 | |
St Gregory, Westfield | Workington | Pope Gregory I | 1964 | Roman Catholic | Good Shepherd Workington [63] | ||
St Mary's Catholic Church, Harrington | Workington (Harrington) | Mary | 1872 | Roman Catholic | Good Shepherd Workington [63] | Current building 1892 | |
Harrington Methodist Church | Workington (Harrington) | 1828 | Methodist | Solway Methodist Circuit | |||
Influence Church | Workington | 2021 | AoG | ||||
United Church, Workington | Workington | Methodist / URC | Solway Methodist Circuit | Methodist and URC churches merged 2008 [64] | |||
Harrington URC | Workington (Harrington) | URC | |||||
Emmanuel Church Workington | Workington | Jesus | [65] | ECFCE | |||
Workington Gospel Hall | Workington | Gospel Hall [66] | |||||
Westfield Gospel Hall | Workington | Gospel Hall [66] | |||||
Grace Baptist Church, Workington | Workington | [67] | |||||
Christ Central Workington | Workington | [68] | 2011 | Newfrontiers | Bridge Church and Hope Church merged 2011 | ||
St Margaret, Wythop | Wythop | Margaret the Virgin | 1865 | CoE | Binsey Team [3] |
Name | Civil parish (settlement) | Dedication | Web | Founded | Redundant | Denomination | Notes |
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St Paul's, Causewayhead | Holme Low | Paul | [18] | 1845 | 2016 | Church of England | |
Christ Church, Maryport | Maryport | Jesus | [69] | 1872 | 2013 | Church of England | |
Holy Trinity, West Seaton | Seaton | Trinity | [26] | 1891 | Church of England | ||
Holy Trinity, Northside | Workington | Trinity | [70] | c. 1900 | 2015 | Church of England |
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