Whasset or Whassett is a hamlet near

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, England. It is in the historic county of

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. It is in the parish of

Beetham Beetham is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is situated on the border with Lancashire, north of Carnforth. It is part of the Arnside and Silverdale, Arnside and Silverdale ...

and lies south of

Ackenthwaite Ackenthwaite is a hamlet in 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, N ...

. The spelling ''Whasset'', with single "t", is used on

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's 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 maps and by Beetham Parish Council. The spelling ''Whassett'', with double "t", is used by the Royal Mail and some other sources. To the south of the hamlet, beside the River Bela, is the Wings School, a residential school for 60 students aged 11 to 17 with social, emotional, behavioural and associated difficulties. It occupies the site of Bela River Camp, a

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prisoner of war camp which was later used as a prison.

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