Consecreated by Bishop Bridgeman in 1635. In the 1720s it was served by a curate who preached on Sundays. In 1671 leave was given to bury in the chapel and chapel yard , and when an addition was made to the latter in 1712, leave was given to bury there. Some of the inhabitants lived seven miles from the parish church of Kirkby Lonsdale. The Cumbria Parishes, 1714-1725, ed. L.A.S. Butler, 135.