Sunderland is a hamlet and former
civil parish
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, within the
Lake District National Park
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, now in the parish of
Blindcrake
Blindcrake is a village and civil parish within the Isel Valley, in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria
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in the
Cumberland
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unitary authority district of the 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,
historically
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part of
Cumberland
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. In 1931 the parish had a population of 60.
Nearby settlements
Nearby settlements include the towns of
Cockermouth
Cockermouth is a market town and civil parish in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. The name refers to the town's position by the confluence of the River Cocker into the River Derwent. At the 2021 census, the built u ...
,
Keswick,
Bothel and
Aspatria
Aspatria is a town and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. The town rests on the north side of the Ellen Valley, overlooking a panoramic view of the countryside, with Skiddaw to the South and the Solway Firth to the North. Its dev ...
. The nearest railway station is
Aspatria railway station
Aspatria railway station is a railway station serving the town of Aspatria in Cumbria, England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast line, Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between and . It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Histor ...
.
Governance
Sunderland is within the
Penrith and Solway UK Parliamentary constituency.
Regarding its
Parish Council, on 1 April 1934 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 ...
was abolished and it merged with
Blindcrake, Isel and Redmaine, and
Isel Old Park to form ''Blindcrake''.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Blindcrake
References
* Philip's Street Atlas Cumbria (page 50)
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Sunderland(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Hamlets in Cumbria
Former civil parishes in Cumbria
Cumberland (unitary authority)
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