Newton Arlosh is a village in the Allerdale

Allerdale

Allerdale is a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council is based in Workington and the borough has a population of 93,492 according to the 2001 census....

 District, in the English county of Cumbria

Cumbria

Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

.

Landmarks

St. John the Evangelist's Church

St John the Evangelist's Church, Newton Arlosh

St John the Evangelist's Church, Newton Arlosh, is in the village of Newton Arlosh, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Carlisle, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle. Originally a fortified church, it was extended in the 19th century...

 is one of the most complete fortified church

Fortified church

Churches have often shown potential to be used for defensive purposes.Europe has a substantial legacy of fortified churches which were used for defensive purposes in time of war...

es in the area. In ruins from the Dissolution

Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...

 until the 19th century, it was repaired and extended in 1844. It has been designated by English Heritage

English Heritage

English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...

 as a Grade I listed building.

Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include the city of Carlisle, Cumbria, the villages of Kirkbride, Cumbria

Kirkbride, Cumbria

Kirkbride, Cumbria is a village in Cumbria in the north of England. Significant elements of ancient history are close to Kirkbride including the Kirkbride Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall. Hadrian's Wall in this western reach and the Kirkbride fort were predominantly of turf and timber construction...

 and Abbeytown

Abbeytown

Abbeytown, also known as Holme Abbey, is a village in Cumbria, England. It was built around the former Cistercian Holmcultram Abbey, the nave of the church of which now serves the parish as St. Mary's Church...

 and the hamlet of Raby.

Other features

It is on the B5307 road and is near the channel of the River Waver

River Waver

The River Waver is a river in Cumbria, England. The river rises at Wavergillhead .It is fed by the northwards flowing Thornthwaite Beck and Pow Gill either side of Bolton Wood Lane....

. There is also Kirkbride Airfield nearby.

External links

• http://www.visitcumbria.com/car/newtonarlosh.htm