Anthorn (pronounced ) is a village in

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, England.

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, it is situated on the south side of the

Solway Firth The Solway Firth ( gd, Tràchd Romhra) is a firth that forms part of the border between England and Scotland, between Cumbria (including the Solway Plain) and Dumfries and Galloway. It stretches from St Bees Head, just south of Whitehaven in ...

, on the Wampool estuary, about west of

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. It is the location of the

Anthorn radio station Anthorn Radio Station is a naval and government radio transmitting station located near Anthorn, Cumbria, England, overlooking the Solway Firth, and is operated by Babcock International (with whom former operators VT Communications are now merg ...

, broadcasting specialised low frequency signals for timekeeping and navigation.

History

Originally no more than a cluster of cottages and small farms on the shore, the village increased in size and importance in 1942, when an existing

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landing strip was developed as '' HMS Nuthatch'', a Royal Naval Air Station. The RAF station closed in 1958, and

Anthorn Radio Station Anthorn Radio Station is a naval and government radio transmitting station located near Anthorn, Cumbria, England, overlooking the Solway Firth, and is operated by Babcock International (with whom former operators VT Communications are now merg ...

is now the site of a large mast field for the NATO VLF transmitter, the NPL time signal and an eLoran timing signal. The Admiralty housing development, larger than the original village itself and about to the east, remains. In 187072 the

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had a population of 197.

Governance

Anthorn is part of the parliamentary constituency of Workington. In the 2019 general election, Mark Jenkinson, the Conservative candidate for Workington, was elected MP, overturning a 9.4 per cent

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majority from the 2017 election to eject Shadow Environment Secretary

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by a margin of 4136 votes. Prior to the 2019 general election, Labour had held the seat since

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, with the exception of the 1976 by-election in which the Conservative candidate was elected.

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Bowness on Solway
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

History and photographs. Villages in Cumbria Populated coastal places in Cumbria Allerdale {{Cumbria-geo-stub

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