You can find this quotation in John Betjeman's Guide to English Parish Churches (Harper Collins' edition)."WaberthwaiteSt John the Baptist1m/2kmS.E, of Ravenglass across R. Esk SD 1095Some 15th century windows, Norman font, pulpit of 1630, and Saxon crosses. There is a beautiful view of Lake mountains and Scafell from the churchyard, which thrusts out into the very sands of the Esk estuary - the strangest, most remote little church."The church was given the highest star rating as an exceptionally attractive church, or as he put in his introduction, "worth bicycling twelve miles against the wind to see."
Come along to Waberthwaite Village Hall on Saturday November 9th to learn about how to care for and restore an old building, whether it be a house, a church or a barn! Dr Ian Panter is an expert who has worked on prestigious projects such as the Mary Rose recovery and restoration. He'll be in Waberthwaite to talk share his expertise, to talk about work the Trust are doing on our ancient cross piece and to answer any questions you might have, The event starts at 2.00 and after his talk and questions and refreshments, there will be local people happy to talk to you about what they have found out in the last 12 months about village and church history. This will include information on the Heritage Project. Tickets for Dr Panter's talk are £5 available on the door or locally. The Hall is just off the A595 4 miles north of Bootle and south of Muncaster Castle. Postcode LA19 5YJ.
At the moment we are in the middle of applying for grants to undertake a big project centred around St John's Church at Hall Waberthwaite.Our plans fall into five main categories:urgent repair work and restoration of the church buildingbetter interpretation of the church and the siteprovision of study facilities for visiting groups including schools in the Old Laundry buildingresearch into the history of the site and its importancemaking sure the ecology of the site is understood and preserved We have a keen and active group of community and church members developing our ideas and one of our aims is to involve as many people as possible over the span of the project. At the moment our main task is to obtain grant funding - almost a full-time job!Look out for updates over the next few months
