Plumbland is a village and
civil parish
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in the
Cumberland
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district, in the ceremonail county of
Cumbria
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, England. Situated towards the north west corner of the county, it is two miles from the outskirts of the
Lake District National Park
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which is considered to be an
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
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. The parish includes the hamlets of
Threapland,
Parsonby and
Arkleby. In 2011 the parish had a population of 341.
Governance
Plumbland was previously part of the
Workington
Workington is a coastal town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The town is at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast, south-west of Carlisle and north-east of Whitehaven. At the 2021 census the ...
constituency of the
UK Parliament
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but in the
boundary changes of 2023 was moved to the new constituency of
Penrith and Solway. In the
General Election of 2024,
Markus Campbell-Savours
Markus Dale Campbell-Savours (born January 1981) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Penrith and Solway since 2024.
He is the son of Lord Campbell-Savours. Campbell-Savours is an alumnus of Birkbeck, ...
was returned as its first MP.
The village also has its own
Parish Council jointly with nearby
Parsonby; ''Plumbland Parish Council''.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Plumbland
References
Genuki
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Plumbland(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Villages in Cumbria
Civil parishes in Cumbria
Cumberland (unitary authority)
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