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Church of St Andrew

A Grade I Listed Building in Dent, Cumbria

St Andrew's Church, Dent, Cumbria

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The village of Dent is in Dentdale, and although it is now in Cumbria it was originally in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The church is a typical wool church, having been rebuilt in 1417 when England's dominance of the wool trade was at its height. Most wool churches are to be found in either the Cotswolds or East Anglia, but the Yorkshire Dales was also a major sheep-farming area and several wool churches are to be found here.

A wool church was financed primarily by donations from rich merchants and farmers who had benefited from the medieval wool trade, hoping to ensure a place in heaven due to their largesse. It was often built to replace a smaller or less imposing place of worship, in order to reflect the growing prosperity of the community in which it was situated.
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