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Dacre Bears, Dacre
locality:-   St Andrew's Church
civil parish:-   Dacre (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   sculpture
coordinates:-   NY45992663 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY4526
10Km square:-   NY42


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BJW88.jpg  Bear, NE; the bear has eaten the animal.
(taken 30.9.2005)  
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BJW87.jpg  Bear, NW; bear asleep with head on a pillar.
(taken 30.9.2005)  

MN photo:-  
Four effigies of animals stand at four corners of the church, known as the Dacre Bears. (They are far earlier than the bear and ragged staff of Warwickshire.) Chancellor Ferguson studied them in 1890.


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BXB61.jpg (taken 10.8.2012)  
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BXB62.jpg (taken 10.8.2012)  
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BJW86.jpg  Bear, SW; a small animal has jumped on the back of the bear, who has turned to see what it is.
(taken 30.9.2005)  
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BXB64.jpg (taken 10.8.2012)  
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BJW89.jpg  Bear, SE; the bear attempts to get the animal off its back.
(taken 30.9.2005)  
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BXB63.jpg (taken 10.8.2012)  

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