Westlinton (or West Linton) 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 below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

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, England. It is in the City of Carlisle district, and is located north of Carlisle, on the

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between Carlisle and Longtown. In the south of the parish, and also on the A7, is another small village,

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. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 359, increasing to 380 at the 2011 census. North of the village of Westlinton is the

River Lyne The River Lyne is a river of Cumbria in England. The river is formed near the hamlet of Stapleton, five miles west of Bewcastle, by the confluence of the Black Lyne (moving from the north) and the White Lyne (from northeast). Both branches ha ...

, which forms the northern boundary of the parish.

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

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