Helton, Cumbria

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Helton
Location in Eden, Cumbria
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Helton
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Post town PENRITH
Postcode district CA10
Dialling code 01931
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54°35′31″N2°45′32″W / 54.592°N 2.759°W / 54.592; -2.759 Coordinates: 54°35′31″N2°45′32″W / 54.592°N 2.759°W / 54.592; -2.759

Helton is a village in the Eden district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about a mile south of the village of Askham. Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. [1] The village is situated on a steep slope running down from the limestone fells to the flood plain of the River Lowther. Helton is on Wideworth Farm Road, which forms part of the road north to Penrith, and south towards Bampton. [2] A Wesleyan chapel was built in Helton in c.1857 and is a Grade II listed building, [3] now converted for residential use .

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References

  1. "History of Helton, in Eden and Westmorland". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. "Helton, Cumbria | Co-Curate". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  3. "HELTON METHODIST CHAPEL, Askham - 1326820 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2020.