Kirkland is a small village of 70 properties near the A5086 road, in the

Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is an area of North West England which was historically a county. The county was bordered by Northumberland to the north-east, County Durham to the east, Westmorland to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Scottish ...

district, in the English county of

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. It is in the Ward of Lamplugh (The Lamplugh Parish Council) The nearest town is

Cleator Moor Cleator Moor is a town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The parish was historically called Cleator. During the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, the new settlement of Cleator Moor was built on the moo ...

. The Bible Christian chapel was built when Cornish tin-miners, as part of the

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, relocated to the iron ore workings in West Cumbria. It replicates the

Bible Christian Church The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist denomination founded by William O'Bryan (born Bryant), a Wesleyan Methodist local preacher, on 18 October 1815 in North Cornwall. The first society, consisting of just 22 members, met at Lake Farm ...

Chapels in Devon & Cornwall. The Bible Christians amalgamated into the Methodist Movement in the early 20th century. This chapel was 'revived' and used until the mid-1990s. (It has since been developed as a residential property. )

Amenities

Kirkland has a place of worship Kirkland Mission Church. Kirkland is on the Coast to Coast (Cumbria to Yorkshire) National Cycle Route 71.

Ennerdale Water Ennerdale Water is the most westerly lake in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is a glacial lake, with a maximum depth of , and is wide and long. The lake lies in the eponymous valley of Ennerdale, surrounded by some ...

(2.4 miles away) is visible from the village.

References

*Philip's ''Street Atlas'' (page 78) Villages in Cumbria

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