Dalston is a large village and civil parish within the

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district of Cumbria,

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part of

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. It is situated on the

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south-south-west of

city centre, and approximately from Junction 42 of the M6 motorway. The village is on the River Caldew, just to the north of where the

Roe Beck Roe Beck also known as the River Roe in its lower reaches, is a beck that flows through Cumbria, England. It is a lower tributary of the River Caldew which it joins near Gaitsgill south of Dalston. The total length of the beck including Peel Gil ...

joins the river. It is served by the Dalston railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line between , + .

Historic buildings

Rose Castle Rose Castle is a Manor house, fortified house in Cumbria, England, on a site that was home to the Bishop of Carlisle, bishops of Carlisle from 1230 to 2009. It is within the parish of Dalston, Cumbria, Dalston, from Dalston itself, which is four ...

, home of the

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for many centuries until 2009, is within the parish of Dalston, from the heart of the village. The Architects Anthony Salvin and Thomas Rickman were responsible for the alterations which took place in the 19th Century.

Dalston Hall Dalston Hall is a fortified country house at Dalston in Cumbria, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. History Dalston Hall was built around 1500 by John Dalston and incorporated a Peel tower and a baronial hall. An inscription below the p ...

is a grade II* listed fortified house which is now a country house hotel. Dalston has two churches; St Michael's + All Angels Church.

Governance

There is a county electoral division of Dalston, stretching north towards Carlisle, with a total population at the

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of 6,051.

Education

There are two schools in Dalston, St. Michaels Primary School and Caldew Secondary School.

Economy

There is a Nestlé factory producing powdered milk, a BP fuel depot and the Barras Lane trading estate.

Notable people

* Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet (1792–1861) was educated at Dalston. *

Georgiana Harcourt Georgiana Charlotte Frances Harcourt (1807IGI: Baptism: 27 July 1807 Georgiana Charlotte Frances Harcourt at Parish Church, Dalston, Cumberland, England to Edward Harcourt and Anne Leveson-Gower – 29 October 1886 Burkes Peerage ) was the daugh ...

(1807–1886), translator, was born at Dalston while her father Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt was Bishop of Carlisle. * William Paley (1743–1805), was Vicar of Dalston in the 1780s. *

Edward Rainbowe Edward Rainbowe or Rainbow (1608–1684) was an English academic, Church of England clergyman and a noted preacher. He was Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Bishop of Carlisle. Li ...

(1608–1684) lived here while Bishop of Carlisle. * George Robinson (1737–1801), London publisher, was born here. * Sarah Story, DJ *

Musgrave Watson Musgrave Lewthwaite Watson (24 January 1804 – 28 October 1847) was an English sculptor of the early 19th century. Life Watson was born on 24 January 1804 the son of Thomas Watson of the Bogs, Sebergham, a farm near Carlisle in Cumberland, bei ...

(1804–1847), sculptor, was born here.

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Dalston
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Dalston Community Website
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