Whitwell and Selside is a former

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 ...

, now part of the parish of Selside and Fawcett Forest, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of

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, England. It did not have a parish council but a parish meeting. The neighbouring parishes were

Whinfell Whinfell is a civil parish in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England. It does not have a parish councils in England, parish council but a parish meeting. The parish lies north east of Kendal, between the A6 road (England), A6 and the A685 road, A685. Th ...

to the east,

Skelsmergh Skelsmergh is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg, in South Lakeland in rural Cumbria, England, about north of Kendal, on the A6 road (England), A6 road. St. John the Baptist Church at S ...

and

Strickland Roger Strickland Roger is a civil parish in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 544, decreasing at the 2011 census to 480. It lies north of Burneside and west of the A6 road, and is bordered by the paris ...

to the south west, Kentmere and Longsleddale to the west and

Shap Rural Shap Rural is a very large, but sparsely populated, civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria in England, covering part of the Lake District National Park. It had a population of 119 in 2001, increasing to 130 at the 2011 Census. Within the ...

to the north. The main settlement was the village of

Selside Selside is a small village in rural Cumbria, England, about north of Kendal, close to the A6 road. It is now in the civil parish of Selside and Fawcett Forest, though it was formerly in the parish of Kendal. The population of Whitwell and Se ...

. In 2001 the parish had a population of 198. At the 2011 census Whitwell and Selside was grouped with both Fawcett Forest and Longsleddale giving a total population of 296. There were 14 listed buildings or structures in the parish, including the grade II*, 14th-century, Selside Hall. Whitwell and Selside was a

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until 1866 when it became a separate civil parish. On 1 April 2020 the parish was abolished and merged with Fawcett Forest to form "Selside and Fawcett Forest".

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Cumbria County History Trust: Selside and Whitwell
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Selside
historical and genealogical information at

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Former civil parishes in Cumbria South Lakeland District {{Cumbria-geo-stub

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