Hoff, Cumbria

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Hoff
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Hoff Beck
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Hoff
Location within Cumbria
Population164 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference NY67551760
Civil parish
  • Hoff
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND
Postcode district CA16
Dialling code 017683
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
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England
Cumbria
54°33′07″N2°30′07″W / 54.552°N 2.502°W / 54.552; -2.502

Hoff is a hamlet and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Westmorland and Furness and the ceremonial county of Cumbria, in England.

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The hamlet of Hoff lies some 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south-west of the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland. [2] It consists of a number of a number of houses and a pub, The New Inn, which re-opened in 2011 after a number of years of closure. There is also a postbox and, formerly, a pioneering solar-powered lamppost. The name Hoff originates from old Norse and means 'a heathen sanctuary or temple'.[ citation needed ]

The civil parish of Hoff includes, as well as Hoff itself, the hamlets of Drybeck and Burrells. [2] At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 189, [3] decreasing to 164 at the 2011 Census. [1]

There is no Church of England parish church in either the hamlet or civil parish of Hoff. Both are within the ecclesiastical parish of Appleby St Lawrence. [4]

Hoff Beck forms on the southern border of the parish, with the confluence of Scale Beck and Asby Beck, and flows through both parish and hamlet. Between the confluence and Hoff hamlet, the beck flows over Rutter Force, a 30-foot (9.1 m) high waterfall. [2] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hoff Parish (E04002539)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 OS Explorer - Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley (Map). 1:25000. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN   9780319263341.
  3. ↑ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Hoff Parish (16UF030)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "ArcGIS - Church of England parish map". Esri. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Rutter Force Waterfall - Eden Valley". Britain Express. Archived from the original on 18 November 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.


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