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Kelleth
Kelleth is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, containing around a dozen houses and formerly a toy factory. It is approximately from Penrith. It is in the Lune Valley, is situated next to the River Lune and is at an altitude of . The oldest houses in the hamlet date as far back as the 17th century. The hamlet has previously gone by the names "Kellath" and "Kellathe". Geography and Land Use Kelleth is a rural hamlet and much of the land (more than 50%) is used for farming. Situated on the outskirts of the hamlet are 3 disused limekilns. See also *Listed buildings in Orton, Eden Orton is a civil parish in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. It contains 15 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the oth ... Sources Further References and External LinksKelleth information on UK Villages site [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Buildings In Orton, Eden
Orton is a civil parish in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. It contains 15 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Orton, and smaller settlements including Kelleth, Raisbeck, and Greenholme Greenholme is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. The Greenholme Gala and Agricultural Show is held there annually. Greenholme Bridge crosses the Birk Beck in the hamlet. This bridge appears upon a 1679 list of public bridges. Greenholme School was ..., but is almost completely rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. The other listed buildings are a church, a packhorse bridge, a marker stone, and two former schools. __NOTOC__ Key Buildings References Citations Sources * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orton, Eden
Orton is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It lies south of Penrith, from Appleby-in-Westmorland and from the M6 motorway. The village is in the upper Lune Valley, at the foot of Orton Scar in the Orton Fells. The Lake District is nearby. The parish includes a wide area outside the village, and had a population of 594 in 2001, decreasing to 588 at the 2011 Census. Orton village Orton has many 17th and 18th-century cottages. Most of these traditional dwellings are stone-faced or whitewashed. Other features in the village are the 13th-century All Saints Church, a Methodist chapel, a primary school, a pub called the ''George Hotel'', and a small handmade-chocolate factory. In addition it has a Village Tearoom and several B&Bs. The shop-cum-post office is open ten hours a day. There are many local businesses around the village, such as builders and joiners. About 25 new houses were built in the early 1990s and Eden District Council was intending to build 50 more. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filename
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Ravenstonedale
Ravenstonedale is a village and large civil parish in Cumbria, on the watershed between the River Lune and River Eden. The village lies south west of Kirkby Stephen. The parish includes the village of Newbiggin-on-Lune and several smaller settlements including Bowderdale, Brownber, Greenside, Stennerskeugh, Wath and Weasdale. Large areas of moorland lie within the parish, extending south west of the village to the northern side of the Howgill Fells. The parish had a population of 570 in 2001, increasing to 594 at the 2011 Census. Historically also known as "Russendale", the parish is divided into four parts (known as 'angles'): Town, Newbiggin-on-Lune, Bowderdale and Fell End. The origin and etymology of the name are obscure. An alternative spelling may be Rausyngdale The parish was historically in the county of Westmorland. Since 2016 it has been within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Village The village is centred on a single main street, though there are many sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weasdale
Weasdale is a small hamlet in Cumbria, England, above sea-level on the northern flanks of the Howgill Fells. It is located approximately south-west of Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Stephen () is a market town and civil parish in Cumbria, North West England. Historically part of Westmorland, it lies on the A685, surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, about from the nearest larger towns: Kendal and Penrith. .... Weasdale Beck rises to the south of, and passes through, the settlement and is the major feeder to the nascent River Lune, which it meets near its crossing of the nearby A685 Kendal to Brough road. The properties there date from late 16th to mid-19th Century. The hamlet contains a tree-and-shrub nursery. References {{authority control Hamlets in Cumbria Ravenstonedale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowderdale
Bowderdale is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, southwest of Kirkby Stephen. It is also the name of a dale in the Howgill Fells, the valley of Bowderdale Beck which rises on the western slopes of Yarlside and flows north to join the River Lune below the village of Bowderdale. For most of its length the beck forms the boundary between the parishes of Ravenstonedale and Orton. The name, first recorded in 1224 as ''Butheresdal'', is from the Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ... ''búthar'' 'of the booths or shelters' and ''á'' 'river', so means "valley of the river of booths or shelters". References External links Villages in Cumbria Regionally Important Geological / Geomorphological Sites (RIGS) in Cumbria Orton, Eden Ravenstonedale {{Cumbri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sedbergh
Sedbergh ( or ) is a town and civil parish in Cumbria, England. The 2001 census gave the parish a population of 2,705, increasing at the 2011 census to 2,765. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies about east of Kendal, north of Lancaster and about north of Kirkby Lonsdale, just within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It stands at the foot of Howgill Fells, on the north bank of the River Rawthey, which joins the River Lune below the town. Situation Sedbergh has a narrow main street lined with shops. From all angles, the hills rising behind the houses can be seen. Until the coming of the Ingleton Branch Line in 1861, these remote places were reachable only by walking over some steep hills. The line to Sedbergh railway station ran from 1861 to 1954. The civil parish covers a large area, including the hamlets of Millthrop, Catholes, Marthwaite, Brigflatts, High Oaks, Howgill, Lowgill and Cautley, the southern part of the Howgill Fells and the western p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roundthwaite
Roundthwaite is a small village in Cumbria, England. It is located about a mile south west of Tebay, is part of the Tebay parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ..., and the majority of its land is used for farming. Roundthwaite used to go by the name Runthwate. Roundthwaite is mostly inhabited by the Parsley family. References External links Villages in Cumbria Tebay {{Cumbria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newbiggin-on-Lune
Newbiggin-on-Lune is a village in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland it is about south west of Kirkby Stephen, and lies on the main A685 route from Brough to Tebay. Nearby to the north is located the Smardale Gill Viaduct on the dismantled former South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway between Tebay and Kirkby Stephen East railway station. To the south lies the Howgill Fells including Green Bell . Governance Newbiggin-on-Lune is in the parliamentary constituency of Penrith and The Border (UK Parliament constituency). For purposes of local government, it is located in the ''Ravenstonedale Ward'' of Eden District Council and the ''Kirkby Stephen Ward'' of Cumbria County Council Cumbria County Council is the county council for the non-metropolitan county of Cumbria in the North West of England. Established in April 1974, following its first elections held the previous year, it is an elected local government body respon .... Newbiggin-on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tebay
Tebay is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, within the historic borders of Westmorland. It lies in the upper Lune Valley, at the head of the Lune Gorge. The parish had a population of 728 in the 2001 census, increasing to 776 at the Census 2011. Old Tebay lies to the north of Tebay at . Historically a sheep farming area, the arrival of the railway led to increased prosperity. History To the north, occupying a strategic position by the River Lune, now close to the M6 motorway, are the earthwork remains of a motte and bailey castle known as Castle Howe. During the Roman occupation a Roman road followed the course of the River Lune linking the Roman fort at Low Borrowbridge near Tebay with one at Over Burrow south of Kirkby Lonsdale. Another road, recently discovered using LIDAR, linked the fort at Low Borrowbridge with the fort to the north at Kirkby Thore, and thence to Whitley Castle and then Carvoran on Hadrian's Wall. Tebay was the home of the prophetess Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Asby
Little Asby is a small village in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, its name is said to be derived from the Norse words ''askr'', meaning "ash", and ''by'', meaning "farm".Little Asby at the Cumbria Directory A chapel at the site (St Leonard's Chapel), of which little remains, is the main reason that the village was built. Just outside the village, to the west, is Little Asby Common, which is a and a |
Sunbiggin
Sunbiggin is a hamlet in the Eden district, in the English county of Cumbria. Location It is near the villages of Raisbeck and Orton. Transport For transport there is the M6 motorway The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom. It is located entirely within England, running for just over from the Midlands to the border with Scotland. It begins at Junction 19 of the M1 and the western end of the A14 at t ..., A685 road, B6260 road and B6261 road nearby. It has a tarn called Sunbiggin Tarn. References * http://www.visitcumbria.com/pen/sunbiggintarn.htm * http://www.british-towns.net/sc/level_4_display_local_websites.asp?GetL3=16609 Hamlets in Cumbria Orton, Eden {{Cumbria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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