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Fishlake St. Cuthbert  - welcome to our website.  For details of our Prayer for today,  Community Support,  Church Diary,  our Safeguarding Policy, Baptisms, Weddings, history, restoration programme, funding requirements, our policies  and other details please use the 'MORE' button above.  You can also use the 'contact button below to e-mail us.

At Fishlake St. Cuthbert we take Safeguarding seriously and here is a link to our Safeguarding 
Policy Information.  Current contact details are as given above
Safeguarding Policy

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   Save the date!!

       St. Cuthberts'

 Christmas Market

  Friday 29th

November

        from

 5pm till 9pm

 Stalls/Refreshments


            over 20 stalls....

                  *Crafts        *Hardware     

                       *Cheese & Wine

     *Raffle & Tombola    *Cosmetics

                              *Cakes   

           *Mince pies & Mulled Wine

            *Christmas Gifts    *Candles

                    *Childrens' Activities 

                     *Christmas Wreaths


 Come and enjoy!










A winter view from the back footpath

the snowdrops and primroses are yet to appear





The St. Cuthbert connection:

The St. Cuthbert connection:

The site of the Church of Fishlake St. Cuthbert is allegedly the most southerly point that the coffin, containing his body, was taken on its journey around the north of England. The picture above is of the famed 'The Journey' a sculpture by Fenwick Lawson, the well-known Northumbrian Sculptor.  It represents the story of how faithful monks carried the Saint's remains from Lindisfarne to safety.

 Image Copyright: Alamy


See below...Chancel north window - notice the curious black dots inside the circles at the edges of the design...


More St. Cuthbert connections...?


Cuthbert's Beads?

At our exhibition in 2018, a visitor showed us a small cloth bag full of "Cuthbert Beads", the small circular sections of fossilised coral that can be found on the foreshore of 'Cuthbert's' Island. We noticed that these beads are similar in appearance to the objects portrayed in one of our oldest stained glass windows located in the chancel.  A picture of this window can be found in the exhibition photo gallery (click on 'More' above). We would like to know if the objects in the stained glass are early pictorial representations of Cuthbert's Beads? Is this another "Cuthbert connection"? Do they occur anywhere elsewhere? Expert comment and opinion welcomed!