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St Andrew's Church is in the village of Dacre, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Penrith, the archdeaconry of Penrith, and the diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The church stands near Dacre Castle. History The presence of a monastery on the site was recorded in the 8th and again in the 10th century. The church dates from the 12th century, with additions in the following century. The tower was rebuilt in 1810. Repairs were carried out to the church in 1854, and it was restored in 1874–75. External features In the churchyard are four carved statues, the Dacre Bears, standing upright in different postures. They date from the medieval period, are in red sandstone, and each is about 4 feet (1.2 m) high. They are thought to stand in the four corners of the original churchyard, but otherwise their meaning and purpose is unknown. Each bear is listed at Grade II*. Also in the churchyard is a sandstone alms table supported by six pillars. It contains a brass sundial with an inscription containing the date 1732–3, but no gnomon. It is listed at Grade II. External features The first recorded reference to Dacre occurs in The Venerable Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of AD 731 in the context of the miracles attributed to St Cuthbert. A lock of Cuthbert’s hair was a relic at the monastery of Dacre when a young monk had a painful tumor on his eye. After handling the relic the tumor was gone within hours, and the monk was sent to Jarrow for the miracle to be recorded. In William of Malmesbury’s 12th-century History of the Kings of England, Constantine, King of the Scots, and Owen, King of Cumbria, came to “a place called Dacor” to pay homage to the English king, Athelstan, and accept him as their overlord in AD934. Archaeological evidence from the excavations in 1929 and 1982-84 supports the view that the present Norman church is built on the site of the monastery. Pre-10th century coffins, a Viking coin, and other pre-Norman artifacts have been discovered. The Saxon drain which was excavated was found to have been constructed with stones that were probably from a Roman bridge.