Ulpha is a small village and
civil parish
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in the
Duddon Valley in the
Lake District
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National Park in
Cumbria
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, England.
Historically
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in
Cumberland
Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ...
, it forms part of the borough of
Copeland. At Ulpha a road leaves the Duddon Valley to cross
Birker Fell to the valley of
Eskdale. In the
2001 census the parish had a population of 159, reducing at the 2011 Census to 128.
The name Ulpha is believed to have originated with the meaning of 'hill frequented by wolves'. The name was derived from the
Old Norse
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words ''ulfr'' meaning wolves and ''haugr'' meaning hill.
''A Dictionary of British Place-Names'' (A. D. Mills. Oxford University Press. 2003)
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See also
* Listed buildings in Ulpha
*Listed buildings in Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite
Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite is a civil parish in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. It contains 18 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade I ...
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Ulpha
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Local community website
Villages in Cumbria
Borough of Copeland
Civil parishes in Cumbria
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