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Brigham lies near Cockermouth, with a great quarry abandoned in its very midst, but trees hide the scars and near the busy road to Workington a stone arch leads to the church with a 13th century tower rather spoiled by a little gabled roof. In side the tower is vaulted and are displayed fragments of ancient stones.
The restorers have taken distinction from the church as well as from its tower, but they have left the three Norman arches, with carved capitals separating a fine 14th century aisle. This aisle was the chantry of Thomas de Burgh, who was rector before he died in 1348, and in it he sleeps. His tombstone is carved with an elaborate cross, a chalice, and a missal, and lies beneath a beautifully traceried arch in the wall. Next to it are three sedilia and a pretty piscina from which three faces look out.
Many old carved stones lie in the church, some believed to be fragments of a church standing here before the Normans came. One is the base of a cross 900 years old, carved with twinning patterns. The font is 13th century, and let into the wall is an old coffin stone bearing a fine cross. The glass of the east window is in memory of Wordsworth's son John, who was vicar here for 40 years, but does not come into fame in any other way.
To the north three arches of the bridge span the Derwent on its way by sea to Workington.
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