Yanwath and Eamont Bridge 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 ...

in the

Eden District Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England, based at Penrith Town Hall in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden, which flows north through the district toward Carlisle. Its population of 49,777 at the 2001 census, increased ...

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, consisting of the small village of

Yanwath Yanwath is a village in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, 1 mile south of Penrith. There is a primary school at Yanwath, with 192 pupils. Yanwath Gate Inn, in the centre of the village, dates from the 17th century. It is a Grade II liste ...

and most of the neighbouring village of

Eamont Bridge Eamont Bridge is a small village immediately to the south of Penrith, Cumbria, England. The village is named after the bridge over the River Eamont and straddles the boundary between the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. One o ...

. In the 2001 census it had a population of 457, increasing to 535 at the 2011 Census. Yanwath Hall from Pokey Dub - geograph

The parish was created in 1866 and was formerly a

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of Barton. The boundaries are now partially marked by the Rivers Eamont and Lowther. The parish council meets at the village hall in Eamont Bridge. The parish combines with Sockbridge and Tirril and

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to make up the Eamont

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of Eden District Council. Half a mile north-west of Yanwath, Yanwath Hall is a fortified tower and

hall house The hall house is a type of vernacular house traditional in many parts of England, Wales, Ireland and lowland Scotland, as well as northern Europe, during the Middle Ages, centring on a hall. Usually timber-framed, some high status examples wer ...

built in the early to mid 15th century, with 16th and 17th century alterations.

Governance

The civil parish falls in the

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of Eamont. This ward stretches west to Sockbridge and Tirril with a total population of 1,447.

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Yanwath and Eamont Bridge
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) Westmorland Civil parishes in Cumbria {{Cumbria-geo-stub

Governance

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