Fawcett Forest

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Fawcett Forest
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Bluebells in Bannisdale
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Fawcett Forest
Location in South Lakeland
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Fawcett Forest
Location within Cumbria
Population23 (2001)
OS grid reference NY5401
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KENDAL
Postcode district LA8
Dialling code 01539
Police Cumbria
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Cumbria
54°24′18″N2°42′32″W / 54.405°N 2.709°W / 54.405; -2.709

Fawcett Forest is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Selside and Fawcett Forest, in the Westmorland and Furness district of the English county of Cumbria. It included the valley of Bannisdale. The parish had a population of 23 in 2001. [1] Owing to the minimal population from the 2011 Census details are included in the civil parish of Whitwell and Selside.

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History

Fawcett Forest was a township in the parish of Kendal [2] until 1866 when it became a separate civil parish. [3] On 1 April 2020 the parish was abolished and merged with Whitwell and Selside to form "Selside and Fawcett Forest". [4]

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References

  1. Office for National Statistics: Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : South Lakeland Retrieved 30 March 2011
  2. "History of Fawcett Forest, in South Lakeland and Westmorland". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. "Relationships and changes Fawcett Forest Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. "The South Lakeland District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2020" (PDF). South Lakeland District Council . Retrieved 22 October 2020.