Barton and Pooley Bridge

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Barton and Pooley Bridge
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Barton and Pooley Bridge
Location in former Eden District, Cumbria
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Barton and Pooley Bridge
Location within Cumbria
Population238 (2011)
OS grid reference NY4724
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Ceremonial county
Region
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PENRITH
Postcode district CA10
Dialling code 01768
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54°36′14″N2°48′25″W / 54.604°N 2.807°W / 54.604; -2.807

Barton and Pooley Bridge is a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The parish is on the edge of the Lake District National Park, and had a population of 232 according to the 2001 census, [1] increasing slightly to 238 at the 2011 Census. [2] The parish includes the village of Pooley Bridge, the small hamlet of Barton, and part of Ullswater, and extends south as far as Loadpot Hill. It has an area of 16.95 square kilometres (6.54 sq mi) and a 2011 population density of 14/sqkm (36/sqmi). [2] The parish was renamed from "Barton" to "Barton and Pooley Bridge" on 1 April 2019. [3]

Contents

The parish was once much bigger and included the present civil parishes of Patterdale, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge and Sockbridge and Tirril.

Etymology

Whaley suggests that 'Barton' is 'the barley farm or outlying grange', from OE 'beretūn' or, more probably, 'bærtūn', which was used of farms, especially outliers of large estates, used for storing crops." [4] OE=Old English.

Governance

The parish has a parish council, the lowest tier of local government. [5]

It was in the Askham ward of Eden District until 2023. It is within the parliamentary constituency of Westmorland and Lonsdale.

See also

References

  1. ↑ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Barton Parish (16UF007)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Barton Parish (E04002516)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Eden District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Barton) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Whaley, Diana (2006). A dictionary of Lake District place-names. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society. pp. lx, 423 p.19. ISBN   0904889726.
  5. ↑ "Barton and Pooley Bridge Parish Council" . Retrieved 5 January 2022.


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