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Category Archives: fortified churches
The eagle and the pine-cone: the story of Sarah Losh and Newton Arlosh church
The newly-restored church of St John the Baptist at Newton Arlosh was consecrated in July 1849: it had previously been a wreck for about 250 years. As John Curwen wrote in 1913 (in a paper that ‘was read on site’), … Continue reading
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Tagged alabaster, fortified church, fossils, Sarah Losh, sculpture, Wreay
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