ST BRIDGETS CHURCH

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The church is early Norman (circa 1070). with 12th to 14th century additions. There were severe restorations in 1865 and 1876. A 10th or 11th century crosshead is at the vicarage and other cross fragments of similar date, and a hogback fragment, are in the church. A bronze ring-headed pin of Viking type, was found in the foundations of the tower.

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[NY 08583092] St. Bridget's Church [T.U.] (1)

St.Bridget's Church, Brigham is early Norman (c 1070). with 12th to 14th cent. additions. There were severe restorations in 1865, and 1876. A 10th or 11th cent. crosshead is at the vicarage [NY 08823092] And other cross fragments of similar date are in the church. A bronze ring-headed pin of Viking type, was found in the foundations of the tower, and is now in Tullie House, Museum [Carlisle] (2-5)

[NY 08573093] Cross [GT] (6)

There are ten fragments of 8th-11th century cross fragments in the church, including the one set over the vicarage porch until 1978, a 10th century hogback fragment, and an unidentified 10th 11th century fragment are also in the church. (7)

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( 1) General reference

OS Prov 6" 1957

( 2) General reference

County Churches 1913 pp56-7 (Cox JC)

( 3) Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society

1950 (MC Fair) 50 Page(s)97

( 4) Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society

1948 (JD Cohen) 48 Page(s)74

( 5) Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society

1963 (R Bailey) 63 Page(s)156-9

( 6) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1900

(7) by Richard N Bailey and Rosemary Cramp ; with contributions by Raymond I Page and David L Schofield 1988 Corpus of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture, general introduction ; and Volume II, Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North-of-the-Sands

Page(s)74-9

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