Staveley-in-Cartmel is a small village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

South Lakeland South Lakeland is a local government district in Cumbria, England. The population of the non-metropolitan district was 102,301 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 103,658 at the 2011 Census. Its council is based in Kendal. It include ...

district,

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, England. It lies east of

Newby Bridge Newby Bridge is a small hamlet in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is located several miles west of Grange-over-Sands and is on the River Leven, close to the southern end of Windermere. The hamlet is the site ...

, near the south end of

Windermere Windermere (sometimes tautologically called Windermere Lake to distinguish it from the nearby town of Windermere) is the largest natural lake in England. More than 11 miles (18 km) in length, and almost 1 mile (1.5 km) at its wides ...

, northeast of

Ulverston Ulverston is a market town and a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 11,524, increasing at the 2011 census to 11,678. Historically in Lancashire, it lies a few mi ...

. It is sometimes known as Staveley-in-Furness. Both names distinguish it from another

Staveley Staveley may refer to: Places * Staveley, Cumbria, village in the former county of Westmorland and now in Cumbria, England ** Staveley railway station * Staveley-in-Cartmel, village formerly in Lancashire, now in Cumbria, England * Staveley, Derby ...

in Cumbria. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 428, decreasing at the

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to 405.

History

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, the village lay in the county of

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. When local government underwent reorganisation in 1974 it was named "in

Cartmel Cartmel is a village in Cumbria, England, northwest of Grange-over-Sands close to the River Eea. The village takes its name from the Cartmel Peninsula, and was historically known as Kirkby in Cartmel. The village is the location of the 12t ...

" to distinguish it from the other

in Cumbria, which is also called Staveley-in-Westmorland or Staveley-in-Kendal to ensure that they are differentiated. On 1 November 1979 the civil parish was renamed from "Staveley" to "Staveley in Cartmel". It gives its name to an electoral

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which elects one councillor to South Lakeland district council, and the village has a parish council. In 1831, Samuel Lewis noted that it contained 350 inhabitants, saying "the living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and

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, endowed with £800 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Lord G. Cavendish."

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's ''

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'' (1870–72) states the population at the time to have been 409 people living in 76 houses and covering 2,480 acres, and that the manor belonged to the

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Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. The wards stretches south to

Field Broughton Field Broughton is a village in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. The village forms part of the civil parish of Broughton East. Location It is about four miles away from the town of Grange-over-Sands. Transpo ...

and has a total population taken from the 2011 Census of 1,991. There is a parish council.

Geography

The neighbouring parishes are

to the north west,

Cartmel Fell Cartmel Fell is a hamlet and a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 309, increasing at the 2011 census to 329. The village of Cartmel and Cartmel Priory are not in th ...

to the north and north east,

Lindale and Newton-in-Cartmel Lindale and Newton-in-Cartmel, formerly Upper Allithwaite (sometimes Allithwaite Upper) is a civil parish in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England. The spelling Lindale and Newton in Cartmel, without hyphens, is used by the parish council. The parish ...

to the south east,

Broughton East Broughton East is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 173, increasing at the 2011 census to 196. The parish includes the village of Field Broughton and the hamlet ...

and

Lower Allithwaite Lower Allithwaite is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the villages of Allithwaite and Cartmel, the historic Cartmel Priory, Humphrey Head Humphrey Head is a limestone outcrop situated ...

to the south, and

Haverthwaite Haverthwaite is a small village and civil parish in the Furness region of Cumbria, England. It is also within the boundaries of the Lake District National Park The Lake District National Park is a national park in North West England that ...

to the south west. The

A590 road The A590 is a trunk road in southern Cumbria, in the north-west of England. It runs north-east to south-west from M6 junction 36, through the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness to terminate at Biggar Bank on Walney Island.Kendal to

Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 202 ...

runs across the parish; at Newby Bridge the

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branches off and heads north towards Bowness.

Landmarks

The parish church is the

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, in the Windermere deanery of the

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. The church was built by 1618 and extended or restored in 1678, 1793, and 1896–97. Since 1976 the church has formed part of the United Benefice of Leven Valley, along with those of

Finsthwaite Finsthwaite is a small village in the South Lakeland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located near the Furness Fells and Windermere. Finsthwaite has a place of worship, St Peter's Church, and a Bobbin Mill called Stott Park B ...

and

. At the furthest south east shore of the lake can be found

Fell Foot Park Fell Foot Park is a country park, formerly the grounds of a Victorian house, situated beside Windermere, a lake in Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. It is just north of Newby Bridge on the A592 road in the civil pari ...

, owned by the

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. Also of note is Fell Foot House (demolished) and neighbouring Town Head House, and several very old farms. 4 miles away is Buck Crag, which was once the residence of

Edmund Law Edmund Law (6 June 1703 – 14 August 1787) was a priest in the Church of England. He served as Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, as Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy in the University of Cambridge from 1764 to 1769, and as bishop of Carlisle ...

, curate of Staveley-in-Cartmel and local teacher. Two endowed schools respectively for boys and girls were recorded in the early 1870s. To the east is

Simpson Ground Reservoir Simpson Ground Reservoir is a reservoir in Cumbria, England, near the southeastern end of Windermere. It is located within a Forestry Commission conifer plantation, to the east of Staveley-in-Cartmel and provides fresh water supply for Grange- ...

. There are 23

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buildings and structures in the parish; the bridge over the River Leven at

, which was repaired in the 17th century, is grade II* listed, and the others grade II.

Alfred Wainwright Alfred Wainwright MBE (17 January 1907 – 20 January 1991), who preferred to be known as A. Wainwright or A.W., was a British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. His seven-volume ''Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells'', published ...

identifies the upland to the north east of the village as

Staveley Fell Staveley Fell is an upland area in the English Lake District, near (and named for) Staveley-in-Cartmel (not to be confused with Staveley-in-Westmorland), Cumbria, east of the southern end of Windermere. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwrig ...

, although this name does not appear on Ordnance Survey maps. He describes a walk there in his ''

The Outlying Fells of Lakeland ''The Outlying Fells of Lakeland'' is a 1974 book written by Alfred Wainwright dealing with hills in and around the Lake District of England. It differs from Wainwright's ''Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Pictorial Guides'' in that each ...

''.

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Staveley
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