Stonethwaite is a small village in the Lake District in the English county of

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part of Cumberland, it is situated in the valley of the Stonethwaite Beck, a side valley of

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, and within the

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. It is on the

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long-distance footpath.

History

The farm at Stonethwaite was once owned by the monks at

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in Yorkshire from 1195 as part of lands they owned in the Borrowdale valley. The monks of Furness complained to

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that they objected to the terms of the ownership of what was now a thriving dairy business. The king did not adjudicate but merely sequestrated the farm and then sold it back to Fountains Abbey in 1304 for two pounds.

Governance

Stonethwaite is within the Copeland UK Parliamentary constituency and the North West England European Parliamentary constituency.

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is the

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. Before

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for the

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its residents voted to elect

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's for the

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constituency. For

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purposes it is in the ''Keswick

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'' of

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and the ''Keswick Division'' of

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. Stonethwaite has its own Parish Council; ''Borrowdale Parish Council''.

References

External links

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- the Cumbria Directory Villages in Cumbria Allerdale {{Cumbria-geo-stub

History

Governance

See also

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