Harrington, Cumbria

Last updated

Harrington
Harrington-church cumbria.jpg
St Mary's Parish Church, Harrington
Location map United Kingdom Allerdale.svg
Red pog.svg
Harrington
Location in Allerdale, Cumbria
Cumbria UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Harrington
Location within Cumbria
Population3,167 (Ward, 2011)
OS grid reference NX985255
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WORKINGTON
Postcode district CA14
Dialling code 01946
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°36′43″N3°33′54″W / 54.612°N 3.565°W / 54.612; -3.565

Harrington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Workington, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It is on the Cumbrian coast south of Workington and north of Whitehaven. Historically part of Cumberland, its industrial history, which largely ended in the late 1930s, included a shipbuilders, iron works, coal mining and steel making. It once had five railway stations. It still has one railway station, on the Cumbrian Coast Line, near the harbour.

Contents

Today, with a population of approximately 3,800, [1] measured at 3,167 in the 2011 Census, [2] it is largely a dormitory village for the employees of the shops and offices and light industry found in Workington. Whitehaven, and Sellafield further down the coast.

The parish consisted of Harrington itself, High Harrington and Salterbeck, which is a large housing estate on the Workington side of the parish.

History

The name Harrington, is derived from three Anglo-Saxon words; Har or Harr (a man's name), ingas (people) and ton (settlement/estate/enclosure). The original settlers were a group of people whose leader called himself Har. The original inhabitants of land would have called themselves Haringas (Har's people) and the settlement Haringa tun (estate of the Haringas). Other local place names with similar origins would be Workington, Distington and Frizington.

In 1951 the parish had a population of 2303. [3]

Governance

Harrington, is part of the Workington constituency of the UK parliament. The current Member of Parliament is Mark Jenkinson, a member of the Conservative Party. 2019 marks only the second time since the Second World War that a Conservative has been elected for Workington, the first being at the 1976 by-election. [4]

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

For Local Government purposes it is in the Cumberland unitiary authority area.

On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished [5] to form Workington unparished area. It is now (in 2022) a ward of Workington Town Council in the civil parish of Workington. [6] The ward includes Grayson Green and High Harrington.

Harbour

In 1760, Henry Curwen built a quay at Harrington on the south side of the River Wyre. Coal and limestone were soon being exported from Harrington, and the increase in trade led to the development of the local shipbuilding industry. A decline in manufacturing industry saw the harbour's usage drop dramatically during the latter part of the 19th century.

Eventually the harbour was sealed off and used as a reservoir for a nearby magnesium works. The secret "Magnesite" plant at Harrington was set up during the Second World War by the Ministry of Aircraft Production to extract magnesium from seawater, for use in aircraft components and incendiary bombs. At the time it was one of only two plants in the country, making some 40,000 long tons (41,000 t) per annum.

The harbour now has a new lease of life as a facility for leisure, with the scope to grow the marine sector in the Northwest.

Churches

Harrington had many churches, and four remain as churches today. At St Mary's Church there are recent stained-glass windows, which show much of the industrial and maritime heritage of the area. There is also the Roman Catholic St Mary's Church that was founded by Benedictine monks, built by a Charles Walker of Newcastle, cost £23,000 and funded by public subscription. [7]

Cycle network

The West Cumbria Cycle Network passes through Harrington on its way from Distington to Workington. It uses the route of the former Cleator and Workington Junction Railway through High Harrington railway station.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Workington</span> Coastal town in Cumbria, England

Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whitehaven</span> Town in Cumbria, England

Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It lies by road 38 miles (61 km) south-west of Carlisle and 45 miles (72 km) to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It was the administrative seat of the former Borough of Copeland, and has a town council for the parish of Whitehaven. The population of the town was 23,986 at the 2011 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cumbrian Coast line</span> Rail route in North West England

The Cumbrian Coast line is a rail route in North West England, running from Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness via Workington and Whitehaven. The line forms part of Network Rail route NW 4033, which continues via Ulverston and Grange-over-Sands to Carnforth, where it connects with the West Coast Main Line.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Workington railway station</span> Railway station in Cumbria, England

Workington railway station is a railway station serving the coastal town of Workington in Cumbria, England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parton, Cumbria</span> Human settlement in England

Parton is a village and civil parish on the Cumbrian coast, overlooking the Solway Firth, 1¼ miles (2 km) of Whitehaven in England. The parish had a population of 924 in 2001, decreasing to 914 at the 2011 Census. Formerly a port and a mining centre located on the A595 trunk road and the Cumbrian Coast railway line.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Workington Central railway station</span> Disused railway station in Cumbria, England

Workington Central railway station was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) in 1879 to serve the town of Workington in Cumberland, England. It was situated almost half a mile nearer the town centre than its rival Workington station.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cleator Moor West railway station</span> Disused railway station in Cumbria, England

Cleator Moor West railway station was opened as "Cleator Moor" by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) in 1879. It served the growing industrial town of Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">High Harrington railway station</span> Disused railway station in Cumbria, England

High Harrington railway station was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) in 1879. It was situated half a mile south of Harrington Junction on the company's main line. and served what was then the eastern extremity of Harrington in Cumbria, England. The station is not to be confused with the current Harrington station a kilometre away on the coastal line.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arlecdon railway station</span> Disused railway station in Cumbria, England

Arlecdon railway station served the village of Arlecdon in the former English county of Cumberland, now part of Cumbria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Distington</span> Human settlement in England

Distington is a large village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Workington and 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Whitehaven. Historically a part of Cumberland, the civil parish includes the nearby settlements of Common End, Gilgarran and Pica. The parish had a population of 2,247 in the 2001 census, increasing slightly to 2,256 at the 2011 census.

Moresby Junction Halt railway station was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) in 1910. Very few people lived near the halt, which served nearby Walkmill Colliery and coke ovens in Cumbria, England.

Keekle Colliers' Platform railway station was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) in July 1910, closed the following January, reopened in June 1913 then closed for good on 1 October 1923. The halt was provided to enable residents of the isolated Keekle Terrace, less than 100 yds from the track, to get to and from work at the equally isolated Walkmill Colliery and coke ovens in Cumbria, England. The Platform is not shown by Jowett.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moresby Parks railway station</span> Disused railway station in Cumbria, England

Moresby Parks railway station was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) in 1879. It was situated just north of the summit of the company's main line and served the scattered community of Moresby Parks in Cumbria, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harrington Junction</span> Disused railway station in Cumbria, England

Harrington Junction was a railway junction in Harrington, Cumbria, England. It joined three branches to the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway's (CWJR) main line from Workington Central to Moor Row via Cleator Moor West. No station ever existed at the junction, High Harrington was the nearest, 48 chains (0.97 km) to the south.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Distington railway station</span> Disused railway station in Cumbria, England

Distington railway station was opened jointly by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) and the LNWR and Furness Joint Railway on 1 October 1879. It was situated on the northern edge of the village of Distington, Cumbria, England, where the C&WJR's north–south main line crossed the Joint Line's east–west Gilgarran Branch.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harrington and Lowca Light Railway</span>

The Harrington and Lowca Light Railway was a short railway on the coast of Cumberland, which is now part of Cumbria, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Siddick Junction railway station</span> Disused railway station in Cumbria, England

Siddick Junction railway station was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction (C&WJR) and London and North Western Railways in 1880 to provide exchange platforms for passengers wishing to change trains from one company's line to the other. A passenger travelling from Maryport to Distington, for example, would change at Siddick Junction. As a purely exchange station - like Dovey Junction and Dukeries Junction elsewhere in the country - the owning companies would not need to provide road or footpath access or ticketing facilities as no passengers were invited to enter or leave the station except by train.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oatlands railway station</span> Disused railway station in Cumbria, England

Oatlands railway station served the village of Pica and Oatlands Colliery in the former English county of Cumberland, now part of Cumbria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parton Halt railway station</span> Disused railway station in Cumbria, England

Parton Halt railway station was opened by the LNWR and FR Joint Railway in January 1915 and closed by the LMSR fourteen years later in 1929.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gilgarran Branch</span>

The Gilgarran Branch was a 7-mile-32-chain long (11.9 km) single track railway line connecting four separate railway companies in the former county of Cumberland, now part of Cumbria, England.

References

  1. ↑ Harrington - Ward Profile , Cumbria Intelligence Observatory
  2. ↑ "Workington Ward 2011" . Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Population statistics Harrington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "A vision of Britain website – general elections section" . Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "Cockermouth Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Workington Town Council, map of wards
  7. ↑ Historic England, Harrington – St Mary, Taking Stock, retrieved 5 February 2022
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.