Ellenborough is a suburb of the town of

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, England, historically within

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. It takes its name from the nearby

River Ellen The Ellen is a river in the English county of Cumbria, flowing from Skiddaw in the Northern Fells to the Solway Firth at Maryport. It was historically in the county of Cumberland. It is approximately in length. Etymology The River Ellen ge ...

. The population of the

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taken at the 2011 census was 3,810. __TOC__

Governance

Ellenborough is in the

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. For

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purposes it is in the

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. Ellenborough does not have its own parish council, instead it is governed by Maryport Town Council.

Transport

For transport there is the A594 going through the settlement and the

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nearby;

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is nearby.

Nearby settlements

Other suburbs of

include Ewanrigg, Netherton and Glasson.

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Ellenborough and Ewanrigg
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) * https://web.archive.org/web/20100604015535/http://www.aboutbritain.com/towns/ellenborough.asp * https://web.archive.org/web/20100530112034/http://www.visitcumbria.com/churches/maryport-ellenborough.htm Maryport {{Cumbria-geo-stub