Frizington

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Frizington
Village
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St Paul's Church, Frizington
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Frizington
Location in the former Copeland Borough
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Frizington
Location within Cumbria
Population3,607 (2011.Civil Parish)
OS grid reference NY0316
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town FRIZINGTON
Postcode district CA26
Dialling code 01946
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
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Cumbria
54°32′24″N3°29′42″W / 54.540°N 3.495°W / 54.540; -3.495

Frizington is a village in Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland, near the Lake District National Park.

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Historically, it was a collection of farms and houses, but became a unified village as a result of the mining (both coal and iron ore) opportunities in the area. The village is known for its church, which was built in 1867–1868.

Location

It lies by road five miles (eight kilometres) east of Whitehaven, 38 miles (61 kilometres) southwest of Carlisle, and 44+12 miles (72 kilometres) north of Barrow-in-Furness.

Etymology

"The name as a whole means 'tūn of Frisa' or 'of Frisa's people'" [1] ('tūn' is Old English for 'homestead', 'village'; OE 'Frīsa' means 'the Frisian').

Governance

Frizington is within the Copeland UK Parliamentary constituency and the North West England European Parliamentary constituency. Trudy Harrison is the Conservative Member of parliament for Copeland.

For the European Parliament residents in Frizington voted to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency.

Before Brexit, for Local Government purposes it is in the Arlecdon + Ennerdale ward of the Borough of Copeland and the Cleator Moor East + Frizington ward of Cumbria County Council.

Frizington has its own Parish Council; Arlecdon & Frizington Parish Council, the civil parish of Arlecdon and Frizington, has a population of 3,678, [2]

Notable people

Stephen Holgate, a professional rugby league player with a number of clubs, came from Frizington.

June 2010 shootings

On 2 June 2010, Frizington was the scene of the second murder in the killing spree known as the Cumbria shootings, when Derrick Bird shot his family solicitor, Kevin Commons. [3]

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References

  1. Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol. xxi. Vol. Part 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 336.
  2. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Copeland Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2009-09-18
  3. "Cumbria Shootings - Interactive Map". BBC. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.