Kirklinton

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Kirklinton
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St. Cuthbert's Church, Kirklinton
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Kirklinton
Location in the City of Carlisle district, Cumbria
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Kirklinton
Location within Cumbria
Population384 (2011)
OS grid reference NY435668
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARLISLE
Postcode district CA6
Dialling code 01228
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Cumbria
54°59′35″N2°52′59″W / 54.993°N 2.883°W / 54.993; -2.883

Kirklinton is a village in the Cumberland district, in the English county of Cumbria. The population of the civil parish of Kirklinton Middle, taken at the 2011 census was 384. [1] It is a few miles away from the large village of Longtown. It has a church called St Cuthbert's Church. The parish contains the village of Smithfield.

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The village lies near the boundary between the civil parishes of Kirklinton Middle and Hethersgill, so that while the church is in the former the adjacent vicarage is in the latter. [2] [3]

Two miles north of the village, Brackenhill Tower is a restored pele tower, built in 1584 and little altered externally. [4]

Advertisement for Kirklinton Hall, 1937. Ad for Kirklinton Hall 1937.jpg
Advertisement for Kirklinton Hall, 1937.

The Grade II listed Kirklinton Hall outside the village has been a ruin which lay derelict for 40 years. The hall was purchased by the Palmer family in 2022 and is being lovingly restored [5] An advertisement for the hall before its decay is shown on the left.

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References

  1. "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. Historic England. "Church of St Cuthbert (1335549)". National Heritage List for England .
  3. Historic England. "Vicarage and stables to rear (1335578)". National Heritage List for England .
  4. "Brackenhill Tower". Pastscape. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  5. "Kirklinton Hall and Gardens". visitcumbria.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.