St Mary's Church, Cleator Traditional Cache
St Mary's Church, Cleator
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On the 'Back Road' from Egremont to Cleator, placed for a lovely view of St Mary's Catholic Church.
Irish Catholic immigrants formed a large part of this increase, and intially they traveled into Whitehaven each Sunday for Mass. Fr. Holden, parish priest of Whitehaven at the time, saw the need of this new community and in 1853 the first church was built, dedicated to St. Bega. (This occupied the site of the present car park.) The population continued to grow rapidly, and within sixteen years it was necessary to begin construction of a larger church. The Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (whose diocese Cleator was then part of) laid the foundation stone on the 3rd October 1869, and returned on the 23rd June 1872 for its opening. The church was designed by E. W. Pugin and was built to accommodate 1,000 people (costing £6000). Fr. Brierley, parish priest at the time, and responsible for the building of the church, had a particular devotion to Our Lady, and the church was dedicated to 'Our Lady of the Sacred Heart'. The original church was then taken over for use as part of St. Mary's school, which adjoined it.
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