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Lists of churches in Cumbria may be found in the six lists for each of the ceremonial county's former constituent districts.
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Lists of churches in Cumbria may be found in the six lists for each of the ceremonial county's former constituent districts.
A summary of statistics is given below.
| Unitary authority | Cumberland | Westmorland and Furness | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Former district | Carlisle | Allerdale | Copeland | Eden | South Lakeland | Barrow-in-Furness | Total |
| List | List | List | List | List | List | ||
| Total churches | 98 | 121 | 71 | 121 | 147 | 33 | 591 |
| Population (2016 est.) | 108,400 | 96,422 | 70,603 | 53,000 | 104,000 | 67,300 | 508,725 |
| Inhabitants per church | 1,106 | 797 | 994 | 438 | 707 | 2,039 | 861 |
| By denomination* | |||||||
| Church of England | 54 | 68 | 45 | 72 | 87 | 14 | 340 |
| Methodist | 13 | 18 | 9 | 33 | 28 | 6 | 107 |
| Roman Catholic | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 43 |
| United Reformed | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| Baptist Union | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Others | 21 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 84 |
*numbers may not add to total due to some churches counting towards more than one denomination
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.
Westmorland is an area of North West England which was historically a county. People of the area are known as Westmerians. The area includes part of the Lake District and the southern Vale of Eden.
Wasdale is a valley and civil parish in the western part of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. The River Irt flows through the valley to its estuary at Ravenglass. A large part of the main valley floor is occupied by Wastwater, the deepest lake in England.
A civil parish in England is the lowest unit of local government. There are 284 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, with most of the county being parished. At the 2001 census, there were 359,692 people living in those 284 parishes, accounting for 73.8 per cent of the county's population.
Westmorland and Lonsdale is a constituency in the south of Cumbria, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Tim Farron, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats (2015–2017).
St Olaf's Church in Wasdale Head, Cumbria, is England's smallest parish church. The earliest record of a church on this site is from 1550, though it is likely that there was an earlier church on this site.
This is an as yet incomplete list of listed buildings in England, which are the majority of the listed buildings of the United Kingdom.
Cumbria is a county in North West England. It was created in 1974 from the historical counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, together with the Furness area of Lancashire and the Sedbergh Rural District of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Its largest settlement is the county town of Carlisle. Buildings in England are given listed building status by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, acting on the recommendation of Historic England. Listed status gives the structure national recognition and protection against alteration or demolition without authorisation. Grade I listed buildings are defined as being of "exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important"; only 2.5 per cent of listed buildings are included in this grade.
There are a number of listed buildings in Cumbria. The term "listed building", in the United Kingdom, refers to a building or structure designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance. Details of all the listed buildings are contained in the National Heritage List for England. They are categorised in three grades: Grade I consists of buildings of outstanding architectural or historical interest, Grade II* includes significant buildings of more than local interest and Grade II consists of buildings of special architectural or historical interest. Buildings in England are listed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on recommendations provided by English Heritage, which also determines the grading.
St Michael & All Angels' Church in Nether Wasdale, Cumbria, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is Gosforth and Wasdale. The church is a Grade II* listed building.