Kirklinton Middle is a

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in the

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district of

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, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 384. The parish is bordered to the north west by

Arthuret Arthuret is a civil parish in Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,434, increasing to 2,471 at the 2011 census. The parish includes the town of Longtown and the village of Easton. It is bounded by the River Es ...

, the boundary following the

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; to the north east by Hethersgill; to the south east by

Scaleby Scaleby is a village and civil parish in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial of Cumbria. It is bounded on the north by Kirklinton and Irthington; whilst to the south lie Stanwix and Crosby-on-Eden. Scaleby is located six miles north-e ...

; and to the south west by Westlinton. The A6071 road from Longtown to

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runs through the parish. The small village of Kirklinton lies in the extreme north east of the parish, and is partly in the parish of Hethersgill (thus, the church is in Kirklinton but the adjacent vicarage is in Hethersgill). There is a parish council, the lowest tier of local government.

Listed buildings

there were 14

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s in the parish, of which the 1845 St Cuthbert's Church is at grade II* and the others at grade II.

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Kirklinton Middle
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) * * Civil parishes in Cumbria Cumberland (unitary authority) {{Cumbria-geo-stub