Holme East Waver is a civil parish in the

Allerdale Allerdale is a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council is based in Workington and the borough has a population of 93,492 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 96,422 at the 2011 Census. The Bor ...

borough of

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, United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north by the civil parish of

Bowness-on-Solway Bowness-on-Solway is a village in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. It is situated to the west of Carlisle on the southern side of the Solway Firth estuary separating England and Scotland. The civil parish had a population of 1,126 at ...

, to the east by the civil parishes of Kirkbride,

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, and Waverton, and to the south by the civil parishes of

Dundraw Dundraw is a hamlet and a civil parish near Abbeytown, in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is in the North West of England and Cumbria County Council, based in Carlisle, is the local county council. The hamlet is approximatel ...

and Holme Abbey, lands common to

Holme St. Cuthbert Holme St Cuthbert (occasionally Holme St Cuthberts; pronounced and occasionally written Holme Saint Cuthbert) is a small village and civil parish in the borough of Allerdale, in the county of Cumbria, United Kingdom. The village is located approx ...

, Holme Low, and Holme Abbey, and the town of

Silloth-on-Solway Silloth (sometimes known as Silloth-on-Solway) is a port town and civil parish in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the county of Cumberland, the town is an example of a Victorian era, Vict ...

. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 306 in 121 households, increasing slightly at the 2011 Census to a population of 318 in 130 households. It is named for the

River Waver The River Waver is a river in Cumbria, England. The river rises at Wavergillhead (as Townthwaite Beck). It is fed by the northwards flowing Thornthwaite Beck and Pow Gill either side of Bolton Wood Lane. The "Little Waver", rising at Catlands Hi ...

, and the rivers Waver and Wampool enter 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 ...

at the western end of the parish. Part of the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is within the parish of Holme East Waver. The largest village is

Newton Arlosh Newton Arlosh is a village in the civil parish of Holme East Waver in Cumbria, United Kingdom. Landmarks St. John the Evangelist's Church is one of the most complete fortified churches in the area. In ruins from the Dissolution until the 19 ...

. Much of the northern and western parts of the parish are marshland, dominated by the channels of the Waver and Wampool, and frequently swamped by the Solway Firth at high tide. As such, the inhabited areas of the parish are all to the east. The village of

Anthorn Anthorn (pronounced ) is a village in Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Cumberland, it is situated on the south side of the Solway Firth, on the River Wampool, Wampool estuary, about west of Carlisle, Cumbria, C ...

, known for

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, is situated just to the north of Holme East Waver, across the river Wampool. The

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runs through the parish, between

Abbeytown Abbeytown, also known as Holme Abbey, is a village and civil parish in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The name Abbeytown dates to the mid-17th century (''The Towne of the Abbey'', ''Abbey Towne''; ''Abbeytown'' from mid-18th century ...

to the south and

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to the east. Carlisle, Cumbria's

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, is located approximately eleven-and-a-half miles east of the parish's eastern boundary. Other nearby towns and villages include Wigton, seven miles to the south-east,

Aspatria Aspatria is a town and civil parish in the non-metropolitan district of Allerdale, and is currently embraced in the Parliamentary constituency of Workington, Cumbria, England. Historically within Cumberland the town rests on the north side of t ...

, twelve-and-three-quarter miles to the south-west, and

Allonby Allonby is a village on the coast of the Allerdale district in Cumbria, England. The village is on the B5300 road north of Maryport and south of Silloth. The village of Mawbray is to the north, and to the east is the village of Westnewton, C ...

, thirteen miles to the south-west.

Kirkbride Airfield Kirkbride may refer to: * Kirkbride, Cumbria, a village in England * Kirkbride Plan, an architectural design devised by Thomas Story Kirkbride * Alec Kirkbride (1897–1978), British diplomat * Anne Kirkbride (1954–2015), British soap opera actr ...

, constructed during the

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and used for private aviation as of the 2010s, is less than a mile away from the eastern boundary of Holme East Waver.

Governance

The civil parish falls in the electoral ward of Waver. This ward stretches south to Waverton with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,803.

Hamlets and villages

* Angerton * Moss Side *

* Raby * Salt Coates

References

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External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Holme East Waver
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) Civil parishes in Cumbria Allerdale

Governance

Hamlets and villages

See also

References

External links