Westward is a small village and
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the English county of
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...
. It had a population of 814, at the 2001 census, increasing slightly to 838 at the 2011 Census.
Westward is located on the south side of the
Wiza Beck. It is 3.3 miles (5.3 km) to the south of the town of
Wigton
Wigton is a market town in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies just outside the Lake District. Wigton is at the centre of the Solway Plain, between the Caldbeck Fells and the Solway coast. It is served by Wigton railway st ...
. Administratively it forms part of the district of
Cumberland
Cumberland ( ) is an area of North West England which was historically a county. The county was bordered by Northumberland to the north-east, County Durham to the east, Westmorland to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Scottish ...
.
The Nobel prize winner
William Henry Bragg
Sir William Henry Bragg (2 July 1862 – 12 March 1942) was an English physicist and X-ray crystallographer who uniquelyThis is still a unique accomplishment, because no other parent-child combination has yet shared a Nobel Prize (in any fiel ...
was born in Westward in 1862.
See also
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Listed buildings in Westward, Cumbria
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Westward(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Westward.org
Villages in Cumbria
Cumberland (unitary authority)
Civil parishes in Cumbria
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