Hutton Roof is a hamlet and former
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 ...
, now in the parish of
Mungrisdale
Mungrisdale is a small village and civil parish in the north east of the English Lake District in Cumbria. It is also the name of the valley in which the village sits.
Mungrisdale is a popular starting point for ascents of the nearby hills, s ...
, 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, in the ceremonial county 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, near
Penrith. It is at an elevation of , between the valley of the
River Caldew
The River Caldew is a river running through Cumbria in England.
The river rises high up on the northern flanks of Skiddaw, in the Northern Fells area of the English Lake District, and flows in a northerly direction until it joins the Rive ...
and that of its tributary Gillcambon Beck. In 1931 the parish had a population of 108. 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 Mungrisdale, which is made up of eight hamlets including Hutton Roof, had a population of 297 in the
2011 United Kingdom census
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.
History
In 1870–1872 it was described as a township in
Greystoke parish, with a population of 169 people in 33 houses. From 1866 Hutton Roof was a separate civil parish until 1 April 1934 when the parish was abolished and merged with Mungrisdale.
See also
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Listed buildings in Mungrisdale
Mungrisdale is a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It contains 47 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade ...
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Hutton Roof(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Hamlets in Cumbria
Former civil parishes in Cumbria
Mungrisdale
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