Arlecdon and Frizington is a
civil parish
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in the
Cumberland
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district of
Cumbria
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, England. The parish includes
Arlecdon,
Frizington,
Rowrah and
Asby.
History
Arlecdon was an
ancient 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 ...
within the
historic county of
Cumberland
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. The parish was subdivided into three
townships:
Frizington, Whillimoor, and an Arlecdon township which covered the area around the village and parish church and also included
Asby.
In 1882, a
local government district called Arlecdon and Frizington was created, covering those two townships. The Arlecdon and Frizington district was enlarged in 1894 to take in the Whillimoor township, after which the Arlecdon and Frizington district covered the whole parish of Arlecdon. Later that year, local government districts were reconstituted as
urban districts under the
Local Government Act 1894
The Local Government Act 1894 ( 56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The act followed the reforms carried out at county leve ...
.
In 1919
John Adams
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led a successful election challenge to the sitting members of Arlecdon and Frizington District Council. This established the first all-Labour council to be elected in England. Adams held the office of Chairman of the Arlecdon and Frizington Urban District Council from 1919 to 1923.
Arlecdon and Frizington Urban District was abolished in 1934. The parish of Arlecdon it had covered was renamed Arlecdon and Frizington, given a parish council, and reclassified as a
rural parish within the
Ennerdale Rural District. Ennerdale Rural District was abolished in 1974, becoming part of the
Borough of Copeland in the new county of Cumbria. Copeland was in turn abolished in 2023 when the new Cumberland Council was created, also taking over the functions of the abolished Cumbria County Council in the area.
Governance
There are two tiers of local government covering Arlecdon and Frizington, at
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 ...
and
unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local government, local authority in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Unitary authorities are responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are ...
level: Arlecdon and Frizington Parish Council and
Cumberland Council. The parish council generally meets at St Joseph's Community Hall in Frizington.
Arlecdon and Frizington is within the
Whitehaven and Workington UK parliamentary constituency, which has been represented by
Josh MacAlister of the
Labour Party since the
2024 general election.
Demography
The population of the parish was 3,493 at the
2021 census.
[ This continued a decline from the previous two censuses. The parish had a population of 3,678 in the 2001 census,]
See also
* Listed buildings in Arlecdon and Frizington
*John Adams, 1st Baron Adams
John Jackson Adams, 1st Baron Adams, Order of the British Empire, OBE, Justice of the Peace, JP (12 October 1890 – 23 August 1960), known as Jack Adams, was a British miner, local politician, trade unionist and public servant.
Background
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References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Arlecdon
(nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
Civil parishes in Cumbria
Cumberland (unitary authority)
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