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Orton, Cumberland
Orton is a civil parish in the Cumberland (unitary authority), Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. The parish includes the settlements of Baldwinholme, Great Orton, Little Orton, Cumbria, Little Orton, Orton Rigg and Woodhouses, Cumbria, Woodhouses. In 2011 the parish had a population of 453. The parish touches Aikton, Beaumont, Cumbria, Beaumont, Burgh By Sands, Cummersdale, Dalston, Cumbria, Dalston, Kirkbampton and Thursby. There are 12 Listed buildings in Orton, Cumberland, listed buildings in Orton. History The name "Orton" may mean 'Orri's farm/settlement' or 'black grouse farm/settlement'. The parish included the Township (England), townships of Great Orton and Baldwinholme. Until 1974 it was in Cumberland from 1974 to 2023 it was in City of Carlisle, Carlisle district. See also * Listed buildings in Orton, Cumberland References External links Parish council Orton, Cumberland, Civil parishes in Cumbria Cumberland (unitary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland (district)
Cumberland is a unitary authority area in Cumbria, England, and a non-metropolitan county and district. It borders Scotland, Northumberland, Westmorland and Furness, and the Irish Sea. Part of the area is in the Lake District National Park and notable landmarks include Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle Castle and Hadrian's Wall. In comparison to the historic county of Cumberland that existed before 1974, the district covers 77% of its area (excluding Penrith area) and 90% of its population. When created, in April 2023, it took over the northern and western part of the 1974–2023 Cumbria non-metropolitan county's administration and the corresponding former Allerdale, Carlisle and Copeland districts, while the new Westmorland and Furness unitary authority took over the remainder. History Elections to Cumbria County Council were due to take place in May 2021 but were postponed by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government for one year due to a consultati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgh By Sands
Burgh by Sands () is a village and civil parish in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England, situated near the Solway Firth. The parish includes the village of Burgh by Sands along with Longburgh, Dykesfield, Boustead Hill, Moorhouse, Cumbria, Moorhouse and Thurstonfield. It is notable as the site of the first recorded North African (Mauri) military unit in Roman Britain, garrisoning the frontier fort of Aballava on Hadrian's Wall in the 3rd century AD. It is also where Edward I of England died in 1307. According to the 2011 census the parish had a population of 1,176. The village is about west of Carlisle city centre. The village has a primary school, a pub and a post office. It also has a statue of Edward I at some distance to the north. Burgh was on the Carlisle Navigation canal from 1823 to 1853, after which it was served by the Port Carlisle railway station, Port Carlisle railway, which was built on the bed of the canal, until its closure in 1932. From 1856 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orton, Cumberland
Orton is a civil parish in the Cumberland (unitary authority), Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. The parish includes the settlements of Baldwinholme, Great Orton, Little Orton, Cumbria, Little Orton, Orton Rigg and Woodhouses, Cumbria, Woodhouses. In 2011 the parish had a population of 453. The parish touches Aikton, Beaumont, Cumbria, Beaumont, Burgh By Sands, Cummersdale, Dalston, Cumbria, Dalston, Kirkbampton and Thursby. There are 12 Listed buildings in Orton, Cumberland, listed buildings in Orton. History The name "Orton" may mean 'Orri's farm/settlement' or 'black grouse farm/settlement'. The parish included the Township (England), townships of Great Orton and Baldwinholme. Until 1974 it was in Cumberland from 1974 to 2023 it was in City of Carlisle, Carlisle district. See also * Listed buildings in Orton, Cumberland References External links Parish council Orton, Cumberland, Civil parishes in Cumbria Cumberland (unitary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 counties of Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire to the north. The area includes the city of Carlisle, part of the Lake District and North Pennines, and the Solway Firth coastline. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974, when it was subsumed into Cumbria with Westmorland as well as parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire. It gives its name to the unitary authority area of Cumberland, which has similar boundaries but excludes Penrith. Early history In the Early Middle Ages, Cumbria was part of the Kingdom of Strathclyde in the Hen Ogledd, or "Old North", and its people spoke a Brittonic language now called Cumbric. The first record of the term 'Cumberland' appears in AD 945, when the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GENUKI
GENUKI is a genealogy web portal, run as a charitable trust. It "provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland". It gives access to a large collection of information, with the emphasis on primary sources, or means to access them, rather than on existing genealogical research. Name The name derives from the phrase "Genealogy of the UK and Ireland", although its coverage is wider than this. From the GENUKI website: Structure The website has a well defined structure at four levels. * The first level is information that is common to all "the United Kingdom and Ireland". * The next level has information for each of England (see example) Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. * The third level has information on each pre-1974 county of England and Wales, each of the pre-1975 counties of Scotland, each of the 32 counties of Ireland and each island of the Channel Islands (e.g. Cheshire, County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Township (England)
In England, a township (Latin: ''villa'') is a local division or district of a large parish containing a village or small town usually having its own church. A township may or may not be coterminous with a chapelry, manor, or any other minor area of local administration. The township is distinguished from the following: * Vill: traditionally, among legal historians, a ''vill'' referred to the tract of land of a rural community, whereas ''township'' was used when referring to the tax and legal administration of that community. *Chapelry: the 'parish' of a chapel (a church without full parochial functions). * Tithing: the basic unit of the medieval Frankpledge system. 'Township' is, however, sometimes used loosely for any of the above. History In many areas of England, the basic unit of civil administration was the parish, generally identical with the ecclesiastical parish. However, in some cases, particularly in Northern England, there was a lesser unit called a township, being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Buildings In Orton, Cumberland
Orton, Cumberland, Orton is a civil parish in the Cumberland (unitary authority), Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It contains twelve Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Great Orton, and the smaller settlements of Little Orton, Cumbria, Little Orton and Baldwinholme, and is otherwise rural. The listed buildings consist of farmhouses, farm buildings, houses and associated structures, a church, and a war memorial in the churchyard. __NOTOC__ Key Buildings References Citations Sources * * * * * * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Orton, Cumberland Lists of listed buildings in Cumbria Orton, Cumberland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordnance Survey
The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see Artillery, ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was also a more general and nationwide need in light of the potential threat of invasion during the Napoleonic Wars. Since 1 April 2015, the Ordnance Survey has operated as Ordnance Survey Ltd, a state-owned enterprise, government-owned company, 100% in public ownership. The Ordnance Survey Board remains accountable to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology. It was also a member of the Public Data Group. Paper maps represent only 5% of the company's annual revenue. It produces digital map data, online route planning and sharing services and mobile apps, plus many other location-based products for business, government and consumers. Ordnance Survey mapping is usually classified as either "Scale (map), lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thursby
Thursby is a village in the Cumberland (district), Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is near to the city of Carlisle. Thursby was Historic counties of England, historically part of the county of Cumberland. History Thursby lies on an old Roman road, 6 miles south of Carlisle, Cumbria, Carlisle. Thursby takes its old name 'Thor's by' from Thor, the Thunder God of the Saxons, whose temple was reputedly nearby at Kirksteads. The village is predominantly centred on the parish church, a Victorian architecture, Victorian building built in 1846 and funded by Brisco baronets, Sir Wastell Brisco of Crofton Hall. The earlier church is reported to have been built by David I of Scotland, King David I of Scotland. Notable people * Thomas Bouch, Sir Thomas Bouch ( 1822 –1880) was a British railway engineer, born and educated in Thursby. Politics and governance Thursby is in the Cumberland (unitary authority), Cumberland unitary authority area. Thursby is in the Penrith a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkbampton
Kirkbampton is a village and civil parish on the B5307 road in the English county of Cumbria. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 482. It is near the city of Carlisle. It has a church called St Peter's Church, and a primary school (St. Peters CofE School). The parish includes the villages/hamlets of Kirkbampton, Little Bampton, Oughterby and Studholme Studholme is a locality in southern Canterbury in New Zealand's South Island. It is named after Michael Studholme, a pioneer European settler who arrived in the area in 1854. Geography Studholme is situated on the coastal plains of the W .... The parish Church of Kirkbampton is dedicated to St Peter, and is an ancient Norman structure and a Grade I listed building, of typical Cumbrian character. The chancel arch and North doorway, both being original and in situ, are Saxon in style and fix the dimensions of the early Church. Over the North entrance door is a sculptured tympanum. Only five examples of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalston, Cumbria
Dalston is a large village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, on the B5299 road south-west of Carlisle. The village is on the River Caldew, just to the north of where the Roe Beck joins it. Dalston railway station is on the Cumbrian Coast Line between , and . Historic buildings Rose Castle, home of the Bishop of Carlisle for many centuries until 2009, is within the parish of Dalston, south of the heart of the village. The architects Anthony Salvin and Thomas Rickman were responsible for the alterations which took place in the 19th century. Dalston Hall is a Grade II* listed fortified house which is now a country house hotel. Dalston has two churches: St Michael's Church and Dalston Methodist Church. Governance There is a county electoral division of Dalston, stretching north towards Carlisle, with a total population at the 2011 United Kingdom census of 6,051. Education There are two schools in Dalston, St Michael's Primary School and Caldew School. Ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cummersdale
Cummersdale is a village in Cumbria, England, just outside the southern outskirts of Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from ) is a city in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. Carlisle's early history is marked by the establishment of a settlement called Luguvalium to serve forts along Hadrian's Wall in Roman Britain. Due to its pro .... Excavations have taken place in Cummersdale. Notable landmarks include the Cummersdale Viaduct and the Spinners Arms. See also * Listed buildings in Cummersdale References External linksCumbria County History Trust: Cummersdale(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) Villages in Cumbria Cumberland (unitary authority) {{Cumbria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
