Melkinthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of
Lowther, in the
Eden district, in the county of
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...
, England. It is near the villages of
Hackthorpe
Hackthorpe is a hamlet in the Eden district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Circa 1870, it had a population of 110 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
Location
It is located on the A6 road just south of Lowther ...
and
Cliburn. Circa 1870, it had a population of 99 as recorded in the
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
The ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' is a substantial topographical dictionary first published between 1870 and 1872, edited by the Reverend John Marius Wilson. It contains a detailed description of England and Wales. Its six volumes h ...
.
Geography and general description
Places of interest in the village include Larch Cottage nurseries in the hamlet and Red Barn Gallery. Nearby Abbot Lodge Jersey ice cream farm, is about half a mile away to the southwest, and
Wetheriggs County Pottery, now re-located to County Durham, was about a mile away northwards. There is also a wood called Melkinthorpe Wood to the southeast. Melkinthorpe Hall, which was built in the 16th century, was demolished in the 19th century.
Melkin Thorpe Hall
The Later Records relating to North Westmorland: or the Barony of Appleby : Parishes (West Ward): St Michael, Lowther , pp.325-334 , John F. Curwen , 1932 , via ''www.british-history.ac.uk'' The River Leith
The River Leith is a watercourse in Cumbria, a county of northwestern England.
Rising at Shap, the Leith flows north alongside the M6 motorway via Great and Little Strickland before turning eastward at Melkinthorpe. Having passed through Cli ...
flows past the southern edge of the village.
Location grid
See also
* Listed buildings in Lowther, Cumbria
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Melkinthorpe
(nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
Hamlets in Cumbria
Eden District
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