Melkinthorpe | |
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Pastures, Melkinthorpe | |
OS grid reference | NY555252 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PENRITH |
Postcode district | CA10 |
Dialling code | 01931 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Melkinthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lowther, in the Eden district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is near the villages of Hackthorpe and Cliburn. Circa 1870, it had a population of 99 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. [1]
Places of interest in the village include Larch Cottage nurseries in the hamlet [2] and Red Barn Gallery. [3] Nearby Abbot Lodge Jersey ice cream farm, [4] is about half a mile away to the southwest, and Wetheriggs County Pottery, now re-located to County Durham, was about a mile away northwards. There is also a wood called Melkinthorpe Wood to the southeast. Melkinthorpe Hall, which was built in the 16th century, was demolished in the 19th century. [5] The River Leith flows past the southern edge of the village.
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