St Lioba Shrine, Slack Head

St Lioba shrine at Slack Head near Beetham in South Cumbria.
This roadside shrine is dedicated to St Lioba, after whom the early Saxon church on the site of St Michael & All Angels was named..In the present church at Beetham is a window commemorating St Lioba, and her life is celebrated each year on September 28th. St Lioba was sent to Germany as a missionary leader of a group of nuns in AD748. The plaque says that this shrine was presented to Beetham Church in memory of Dr Donald Watson 1936-2011.