Troutbeck is a village and former

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, now in the parish of

Lakes A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from t ...

, in

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 ...

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in the ceremonial county of

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, England. It is north of

Windermere Windermere (historically Winder Mere) is a ribbon lake in Cumbria, England, and part of the Lake District. It is the largest lake in England by length, area, and volume, but considerably smaller than the List of lakes and lochs of the United Ki ...

town, and west of the

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, in the valley of

Trout Beck The Trout Beck is a fast flowing stream of the Lake District in North West England. It is one of the main sources of replenishment for Windermere, and is part of the River Leven, Cumbria, Leven catchment. Its name comes from Old Norse and appea ...

. It is a

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and includes the

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property of Townend. In 1961 the parish had a population of 592.

Village amenities

* Post Office, General Store and Teashop (on main road through village) * Village Institute (above Post Office) * The Mortal Man Inn (on main road through village). Has the "Oh, Mortal Man" verse on the pub sale, with reference to Sally Birkett's Ale: * The Queen's Head Hotel (on A592, Kirkstone Pass Road) * Jesus Church, with unusual

Pre-Raphaelite The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB), later known as the Pre-Raphaelites, was a group of English painters, poets, and art critics, founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, ...

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* Limefitt Caravan Park

History

Troutbeck was formerly a

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and

chapelry A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century. Status A chapelry had a similar status to a Township (England), township, but was so named as it had a chapel of ease ...

parish, from 1866 Troutbeck was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1974 to form Lakes.

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Troutbeck
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Troutbeck page in ''The Cumbria directory''Troutbeck Village Association Community Site
* Villages in Cumbria Former civil parishes in Cumbria Westmorland and Furness {{Cumbria-geo-stub