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=== History === | === History === | ||
The diocese was founded in 625. | The diocese was founded in 625. The [[Diocese of Lindisfarne]] was merged with it from 664 until 678 when Lindisfarne was reinstated. | ||
In 1541, the archdeanery of [[Richmond, Yorkshire|Richmond, North Yorkshire]], which included part of the Yorkshire Dales, North [[Lancashire]] (including Furness), the southern part of [[Westmorland]] and the ward of Allerdale above Derwent in [[Cumberland]], became part of the new [[Diocese of Chester]]. (These areas later became parts of other dioceses.) | In 1541, the archdeanery of [[Richmond, Yorkshire|Richmond, North Yorkshire]], which included part of the Yorkshire Dales, North [[Lancashire]] (including Furness), the southern part of [[Westmorland]] and the ward of Allerdale above Derwent in [[Cumberland]], became part of the new [[Diocese of Chester]]. (These areas later became parts of other dioceses.) | ||