St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Gilsland
St Mary Magdalene’s Church is a small mid-Victorian Anglican church on an isolated hillside in north-east Cumbria, England. Dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene, it is the parish church of Gilsland, but is almost a mile from the village and may have been intended as much for the use of visitors to the nearby Gilsland Spa hotel as for the village.Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Waterhead, Cumbria, UK
- Also known as: “St Mary Magdalene” and “St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Gilsland”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Popping Stone and Milecastle 48.
Popping Stone
Stone
The Popping Stone is a group of three rounded boulders in the Irthing Gorge near the village of Gilsland. It was not always this shape, however, and photographs from before 1870 show a single, much larger stone that must have been drastically altered soon after this date. Popping Stone is situated 2,900 feet north of St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Gilsland.
Milecastle 48
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milecastle 48 is a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall. Its remains lie near the village of Gilsland in Cumbria where it was historically known as "The King's Stables", owing to the well-preserved interior walls. Milecastle 48 is situated 3,600 feet south of St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Gilsland.
Milecastle 49
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milecastle 49 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall. Milecastle 49 is situated 1 mile southwest of St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Gilsland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gilsland and Banks.
Gilsland
Village
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilsland is a village in northern England about 20 miles west of Hexham, and about 18 miles east of Carlisle, which straddles the border between Cumbria and Northumberland.
Banks
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Banks is a village in Cumbria, England, astride the course of Hadrian's Wall, 3 mile NE of the market town of Brampton. The historic Lanercost Priory is just a mile to the SW. Banks is situated 4½ miles west of St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Gilsland.
Haltwhistle
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Haltwhistle is a market town in Northumberland, along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. Hadrian's Wall is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.
St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Gilsland
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Thirlwall, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.99894° or 54° 59′ 56″ northLongitude
-2.5745° or 2° 34′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C6VXCXG+H5OpenStreetMap ID
way 338766244OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7590500
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