Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth 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 authorit ...
in
Cumbria
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, England,
historically
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part of
Cumberland. It lies north of
Bassenthwaite Lake
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It is the only body of water in the Lake ...
, in the
Lake District and near its northern edge.
According to the 2001 census it had a population of 40 who live in . At the 2011 Census it was measured that the population was still less than 100.
According to Bulmer's History & Directory Of Cumberland (1901); "Snittlegarth ... is supposed to have been formerly a village of considerable magnitude. The word "Snittlegarth" is thought to signify an enclosure".
Governance
Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth is part of the
parliamentary constituency
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of
Workington
Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207.
Locat ...
. In the
2019 United Kingdom general election, the
Tory
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candidate for Workington,
Mark Jenkinson
Mark Ian Jenkinson (born 28 January 1982) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Workington since 2019.
Early life and career
Jenkinson was born in Whitehaven and raised in Workington. He was ed ...
, was elected
MP, overturning a 9.4 per cent Labour majority from the 2017 election to eject former Shadow
Environment Secretary Sue Hayman by a margin of 4,136 votes. Until the December 2019 general election, the Labour Party had won the seat in every general election since 1979.The
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
had only been elected once in Workington since
World War II
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, at the 1976 by-election.
Before
Brexit
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, for the
European Parliament
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residents in Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth voted to elect
MEP's for the
North West England constituency.
For
Local Government
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purposes it is in the
Cumberland unitiary authority area.
There is no
parish council, only an annual parish meeting.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Civil parishes in Cumbria
Cumberland (unitary authority)
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