Rusland, Cumbria
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Rusland is a village in the
Westmorland and Furness Westmorland and Furness is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Cumbria, England. The economy is mainly focused on tourism around both the Lake District and Cumbria Coast, shipbuilding and the Royal Port of Barrow, Royal ...
district of
Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...
, England. It is located just to the southwest of Crosslands in the
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of Colton. The writer
Arthur Ransome Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the ''Swallows and Amazons'' series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of childre ...
is buried in the churchyard of the parish church.


See also

* Listed buildings in Colton, Cumbria *
Bouth Bouth is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historically, it was part of the county of Lancashire. It is within the Lake District National Park. The village's pub, the White Hart, was shown in the short-live ...
village, Cumbria


References


External links


Cumbria County History Trust: Colton
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) Villages in Cumbria Colton, Cumbria {{Cumbria-geo-stub