Our History

Cumwhitton Viking Festival. Saturday, 2nd February 2019 February 18th, 2019Off

A very successful and enjoyable Viking Festival was held in Cumwhitton on Saturday,2nd February. Further details will be published in the next addition of the Candlestick News.

The first Viking Festival in Cumwhitton, February 2018 February 17th, 2018Off

The first ever Viking Festival at Cumwhitton was held on Saturday, 3rd February.

St Mary’s Church Cumwhitton June 17th, 2013Off

St Mary’s Church. Partly C12, rebuilt early C19. Dressed and rubble red sandstone walls on chamfered plinth and with raised quoins; sandstone and with slate roof.

The Norse Burial Ground at Cumwhitton June 17th, 2013Off

A number of exceptionally rare Viking burials, probably dating from the early 10th century, have recently been discovered on farmland at Cumwhitton, Cumbria.