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Human settlement in England
Crosscrake
St. Thomas' Church, Crosscrake
Crosscrake is located in the former South Lakeland districtCrosscrakeCrosscrakeLocation in former South Lakeland districtShow map of the former South Lakeland districtCrosscrake is located in CumbriaCrosscrakeCrosscrakeLocation within CumbriaShow map of Cumbria
OS grid referenceSD523870
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKendal
Postcode districtLA8
Dialling code015395
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°16′37″N 2°43′52″W / 54.277°N 2.731°W / 54.277; -2.731

Crosscrake is a village in the civil parish of Stainton, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It is just off the M6 Junction 36, just South of Kendal on the A6, between the villages/hamlets Stainton, Sedgwick and Barrows Green.

About

Crosscrake is a parish in the Kendal ward. Formerly, it was part of Heversham Parish. It is a small, rural village with a school (Crosscrake C of E School) and a church, St. Thomas', Crosscrake.

Church

St. Thomas' Church was built by Paley and Austin in 1875 of square slate blocks. It was built in the style of the 12th century to 13th century. It has a nave, a chancel and transepts. It also has two stained glass windows, with the eastern facing one being made by Clayton and Bell.

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