Ullock is a village in
Cumbria, England, located at
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NY076239, approximately south west of
Cockermouth and south east of Workington. The
River Marron
The River Marron is a river of Cumbria, England.
Rising near the village of Asby, Copeland at the confluence of Colliergate Beck and Scallow Beck, the Marron travels north past Ullock and Branthwaite, picking up the waters of Lostrigg Beck at ...
flows through the village. It is located just outside the
Lake District
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains (or ''fells''), and its associations with William Wordswor ...
National Park
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. In 1870-72 the
township had a population of 353.
The village was once served by
Ullock railway station
Ullock railway station was built by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway. It served the village of Ullock, Cumbria, England.
History
The station opened on 2 April 1866. The owning company was taken over by the LNWR and Furness Railwa ...
on the
Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
The Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway was an English railway company which built and operated a standard gauge railway in Cumberland, England intended to open up the hematite orefield to the south-east of Whitehaven. It opened for go ...
.
Governance
Ullock is in the
parliamentary constituency of
Copeland,
Trudy Harrison is the
Member of Parliament. The former Labour MP for the neighbouring constituency of
Workington from 2015-2019, Sue Hayman, was elevated to the
House of Lords in 2020 under the title ''
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Susan Mary Hayman, Baroness Hayman of Ullock (''née'' Bentley; born 28 July 1962) is a British politician and life peer who served as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Labour P ...
''.
For
Local Government purposes it is in the ''Dalton
Ward'' of
Allerdale Borough Council and part of the ''Cockermouth South'' Ward of
Cumbria County Council.
Ullock does not have its own
parish council, instead it is part of Dean Parish Council, which also covers villages of
Dean,
Deanscales,
Eaglesfield,
Pardshaw and
Branthwaite
Branthwaite is a hamlet in the borough of Allerdale, Cumbria, England. The hamlet is approximately from Workington and from Cockermouth. It is located just outside the Lake District National Park. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 2 ...
.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Dean, Cumbria
Dean is a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It contains 37 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, two ...
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Dean(nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
Villages in Cumbria
Dean, Cumbria
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