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Wasdale Head

Nearest town: Keswick

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Olaf

Diocese: Carlisle

County: Cumbria

Country: England

Grid ref: NY1885208700

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 23-Jul-97

Recorded by: Graham Wilkinson

Protection & responsibility: Parochial Church Council

Yews recorded at this site: Notable

Notes: St Olaf's Church in Wasdale Head, Cumbria, is one of England's smallest churches. The earliest record of the church is from 1550, though it probably predates this, as the beams are said to come from a Viking longship.