Raughton Head
| Raughton Head | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Raughton Head | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY379454 |
| Location: | 54°48’-0"N, 2°58’1"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Carlisle |
| Postcode: | CA5 |
| Dialling code: | 016974 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Carlisle |
Raughton Head is a hamlet in Cumberland, eight miles south of the City of Carlisle.
All Saints' Church
The parish church, All Saints, in the 'Parish of Raughton Head with Gatesgill' is an edifice of a series of ages, its most prominently fave being a solid, Victorian brick tower. It was formally a chapel of ease for the Parish of Castle Sowerby and local tradition says that the chapel was thatched with fern. After long lying in ruins, the chapel was rebuilt in the 1670s and consecrated on the 21 July 1678.
In 1760 the Chapel was restored, and again in 1881: it was on this occasion that the tower was built, an organ was installed. The lychgate was erected in 1894 (and repaired in 1999). On All Saints’ Day 1936, the church (which previously had no name) was dedicated to All Saints by the Bishop.
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