Little Salkeld

Little Salkeld
Little Salkeld
	Little Salkeld Flour Mill
	General view of village
	Little Salkeld Location in Eden, Cumbria Little Salkeld Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY566359
Civil parish	Hunsonby ;
Unitary authority	Westmorland and Furness ;
Ceremonial county	Cumbria ;
Region	North West ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA10
Dialling code	01768
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border ;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°42′59″N2°40′23″W / 54.7165°N 2.6730°W

Last updated February 01, 2025

Little Salkeld is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hunsonby, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, a few miles to the north east of Penrith. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 91.^[1]

History

The manor at Little Salkeld was confirmed by King Edward I in 1292. It is believed to be the original home of the Salkeld family of landowners.^[2]

Little Salkeld was formerly a township in Addingham parish,^[3] from 1866 Little Salkeld was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1934 and merged with Hunsonby and Winskill to create Hunsonby.^[4]

Places of interest

Little Salkeld Watermill, built in 1745, is a traditional English 18th-century water mill.^[5]^[6]

Salkeld Hall is the village's largest house; built in the 16th century incorporating earlier walls.^[7] It is privately owned.

The village contains a vicarage but no church - it was built for Addingham parish church one mile to the north near Glassonby.

Popular with walkers – it is the closest village to Lacy's Caves and Long Meg and Her Daughters.

Transport

Little Salkeld can be reached by car 1½ miles from Langwathby off the A686, approximately 6 miles from M6 J40.

It lies on the C2C Cycle Route.

Little Salkeld railway station on the Settle-Carlisle Railway and branch line to the Long Meg Mine were both closed in the 1970s, although the disused platforms still remain and the station building is well maintained as a private house. The closest station is Langwathby. In 1918 the Little Salkeld rail accident in nearby Long Meg Cutting killed seven people. A second accident occurred at the station in 1933, which resulted in the death of one railwayman and injuries to a further five members of railway staff and thirty passengers.

The village is believed to have been connected at one time by a bridge over the River Eden to Great Salkeld.

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References

↑ "Population Statistics Little Salkeld Tn/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
↑ "Parishes: Addingham - Aspatria", Magna Britannia , 4: Cumberland: 4–18, 1816, retrieved 3 January 2007
↑ "History of Little Salkeld, in Eden and Cumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
↑ "Relationships and changes Little Salkeld Tn/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
↑ Little Salkeld Watermill web site Archived 2 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Little Salkeld Watermill, Article on Visit Cumbria Archived 4 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "English Heritage PastScape monument number 12238". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2007.

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Little Salkeld (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

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[1] "Population Statistics Little Salkeld Tn/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[2] "Parishes: Addingham - Aspatria", Magna Britannia , 4: Cumberland: 4–18, 1816, retrieved 3 January 2007

[3] "History of Little Salkeld, in Eden and Cumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[4] "Relationships and changes Little Salkeld Tn/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[5] Little Salkeld Watermill web site Archived 2 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Little Salkeld Watermill, Article on Visit Cumbria Archived 4 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[7] "English Heritage PastScape monument number 12238". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2007.

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