Muncaster is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

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 ...

, North West England. The parish is south west of the city of

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...

, in the Copeland district, in the county of

, England. The parish includes the village of

Ravenglass Ravenglass is a coastal village in the Copeland District in Cumbria, England. It is between Barrow-in-Furness and Whitehaven. Historically in Cumberland, it is the only coastal village in the Lake District National Park. It is located at the es ...

. In 2011 the parish had a population of 290. The parish touches

Bootle Bootle (pronounced ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, which had a population of 51,394 in 2011; the wider Bootle (UK Parliament constituency), Parliamentary constituency had a population of 98,449. Histo ...

Drigg and Carleton Drigg is a village situated in the civil parish of Drigg and Carleton on the West Cumbria coast of the Irish Sea and on the boundary of the Lake District National Park in the Borough of Copeland in the county of Cumbria, England. Drigg and ...

, Eskdale,

Irton with Santon Irton with Santon is a civil parish in Copeland (borough), Copeland, Cumbria, England, which includes the village of Santon Bridge. It has a Parish councils in England, parish council. It had a population of 373 in 2001, decreasing to 316 at the ...

Ulpha Ulpha is a small village and civil parish in the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it forms part of the borough of Copeland. At Ulpha a road leaves the Duddon Valley to cross Bir ...

and

Waberthwaite Waberthwaite is a small, former rural civil parish (about 4 square miles in area) on the south bank of the estuary of the River Esk, in Copeland, Cumbria, England. Since 1934 it has been part of the combined parish of Waberthwaite and Corney, ...

Features

There are 14

listed buildings in Muncaster Muncaster is a civil parish in the Borough of Copeland, Cumbria, England. It contains 14 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at ...

History

The name "Muncaster" means 'Mula's/Muli's Roman site', which perhaps refers to the Roman fort

Glannoventa Glannoventa is a Castra, Roman fort associated with the Roman naval base at Ravenglass in Cumbria, England. Its name is derived from the Latin (language), Latin place-name ''Clanoventa'' as recorded in the 2nd-century Antonine Itinerary, ''Glan ...

at Ravenglass. The surname

Muncaster Muncaster is a civil parish in Cumbria, North West England. The parish is south west of the city of Carlisle, in the Copeland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. The parish includes the village of Ravenglass. In 2011 the parish had a p ...

. derives from the place. It was anciently called "Meolceastre". In 1847 the parish contained the

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

of Muncaster and Birkby. On 25 March 1886 part of

Millom Millom is a town and civil parish on the north shore of the estuary of the River Duddon in southwest Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, England. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park, about north of Barrow-in-Furne ...

was transferred to the parish.

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Muncaster
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Parish council
Civil parishes in Cumbria Borough of Copeland {{Cumbria-geo-stub