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Staveley is a little village in between Kendal and Windermere. It is a quite a popular tourist destination due to its surroundings. One of the most popular areas close by is Kentmere which is a perfect place for walking and mountain biking. Also in Staveley there are several shops which sell all the essentials, there is even a bicycle shop! Before 1989 the village was very busy due to the traffic going to and returning from the Lakes. But now a by-pass has been built and the village is a much safer place to play and walk because of the reduced amount of traffic. In the village there is a church called St. James, and a war memorial. Also there there is a primary school which has around 120 pupils, after you leave that school most pupils come to the Lakes School. ST JAMES' CHURCH
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The
village of Staveley is five miles from the market town of Kendal and
is in the Lake District National Park. Staveley has a population of
about 1600 people. The parishes are Hugill, Nether Staveley and Over
Staveley. Each has it's own parish council and all were set up in
1894. The different parish boundaries are shown where the River Kent
and River Gowan join. In 1988 a bypass was completed around the village,
taking the traffic away from the heart of the village. The first people
to live in Staveley were farmers of the late Stone age, this was in
about 4000BC.
St
James' Church was built in 1864-5 by J.S. Crowther. The greatest possession
of the Church must be the East window, designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones
and made by William Morris & Co. It shows the Crucifixion, and the
Ascension, with angels grouped on a starry background, and is one
of the most magnificent Morris & Co windows imaginable, and goes unnoticed
by most guide books. Only the tower of an earlier 14th Century Church,
St Margaret's, remains, a magnificent monument to its builders, and
now becoming derelict.
