In September 1994, the parish Church of St Michael, Workington, was badly damaged by fire, reducing the interior to a shell.
The archaeological Excavation prior to reconstruction began provided a rare opportunity to study the origins of one of the earliest, and long-lived, Early Medieval Christian cemeteries in North-west England..
In September 1994, the parish Church of St Michael, Workington, was badly damaged by fire, reducing the interior to a shell