Parsonby
| Parsonby | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 Parsonby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY142388 |
| Location: | 54°44’13"N, 3°19’55"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Wigton |
| Postcode: | CA7 |
| Dialling code: | 016973 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Workington |
Parsonby is a hamlet in Cumberland, on the B5301 road, south of Aspatria.
The hamlet is within the Parish of Plumbland in ecclesiastical terms, and the parish church is here, on the north side of Parsonby, rather than in Plumbland. The church, St Cuthbert, stands on an ancient site: fragments of an Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft were found here and are now built into the first floor of the tower, and two parts of a Viking hogback tombstone, now in the porch. It has been suggested that the church was a site the body of St Cuthbert rested, during the period of its being carried about to preserve it from the Danes (875-890), but there is no good evidence for this.
A Norman church was built here in about 1130, presumably replacing an earlier church, which was demolished in 1869 having become dilapidated, though the fine chancel arch of the present church is that of the Norman edifice. The old church was demolished during the incumbency (1840 to 1875) of the Rev. John Wordsworth, second son of William Wordsworth the poet, and the new church was finished and opened in 1872.[1]
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References
- ↑ St Cuthbert, Plumbland on A Church Near You
