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Newton Arlosh

Situated on the Solway marshes, the village was first established by the monks of Holm Cultam Abbey in 1307 after the old port at Skinburness had been destroyed by the sea. The village church is one of the most delightful examles of a Cumbrian Fortified Church. In the Middle Ages, there was no castle nearby to protect the local population from the border raids and so a pele tower was added to the churh. As an additional defensive measure, the builders created what is believed to be the narrowest church doorway in the country, barely two feet seven inches across and a little over five feet high. The 12-inch arrow-slot east window is also the smallest in England. After the Reformation, the church became derelic but was finally restored in the 19th century. Inside, there is a particularly fine eagle lectern carved out of bog oak.