Midgeholme is a hamlet 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 below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in City of Carlisle district,

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, England. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 67. The parish is bordered to the north by

Farlam Farlam is a village and civil parish in the City of Carlisle District, in the English county of Cumbria. The village is about southeast of the small town of Brampton and east of the city of Carlisle. While the population has fluctuated over ti ...

; to the east by Hartleyburn and

Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh Knarsdale, historically Knaresdale, is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh, in Northumberland, England about north of Alston. The village takes its name from the Knarr Burn: Knarr means 'rug ...

, both in

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; to the south by Geltsdale; and to the west by Hayton. Cold Fell, at , is on the boundary of Midgeholme and Geltsdale parishes. The hamlet of Midgeholme and the disused Midgeholme Coalfield are in the north east of the parish, near the

A689 road The A689 is a road in northern England that runs east from the A595, to the west of Carlisle in Cumbria, to Hartlepool in County Durham. The road begins west of Carlisle, just outside the city at the A595. The initial stretch was recently co ...

between

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and Lambley.

Listed buildings

the only

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in the parish is Tarn House, built in the late 15th century and extended and altered in 1843, at Grade II*. It overlooks Tindale Tarn, the north shore of which forms the boundary with Farlam parish.

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Midgeholme
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) * * Hamlets in Cumbria Civil parishes in Cumbria City of Carlisle {{Cumbria-geo-stub