Murton, Cumbria

Last updated

Murton
Hilton - geograph.org.uk - 19141.jpg
Murton Pike
Cumbria UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Murton
Location within Cumbria
Population360 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference NY7221
Civil parish
  • Murton
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND
Postcode district CA16
Dialling code 01768
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°35′24″N2°24′40″W / 54.590°N 2.411°W / 54.590; -2.411 Coordinates: 54°35′24″N2°24′40″W / 54.590°N 2.411°W / 54.590; -2.411

Murton is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. The parish had a population of 330 in 2001, [2] rising to 360 at the 2011 Census. [1] Settlements within the parish include the villages of Hilton, Langton, Brackenber and various small farms, houses and cottages. The town of Appleby-in-Westmorland is to the south-west.

Contents

Geography

Murton is located 200 metres west of the foot of Murton Pike. The village covers an area roughly measuring 6.88ha. A small stream known as Murton Beck runs through the village and down Murton Gill (a small woodland on the west side of the village). The stream continues west through Flakebridge wood before joining up with Keisley Beck. A kilometre south of Murton lies Hilton village and the streams of Hilton Beck and Stannerstones Sike. 1.6 km to the east is Brackenber, which lies west of George Gill and Lycum Sike.

Murton Pike, to the west of Murton village, is 594 metres (1,949 ft) high and a triangulation point, [3] it is a south-westerly outlier of Murton Fell, which rises to over 670 metres (2,200 ft) at two points. [4] Parts of Murton Fell lie within the British Army’s Warcop Training Area. [5] South of Murton Pike lies Mickle Fell and Roman Fell, both of which are also part of the Warcop Training Area.

History

The settlement of Murton is hundreds of years old, dating from at least the 1300s. Joan Blaeu’s 1646 map, "Westmorlandia Comitatvs Anglice Westmorland" mentions a village by the name of "Morton" in the present area of Murton, a "Morton Pike" is also marked on the map. Christopher Saxton’s 1579 map marks "Morton" as well as a village known as "Helton" (probably referring to Hilton) and "Lanton". Murton Hall (marked as "Morton Hall" on past maps) is a grade II listed 14th century building located in the heart of Murton, it is believed that Murton Hall was one of if not the first settlement or building in Murton.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Appleby-in-Westmorland</span> Market town in Cumbria, England

Appleby-in-Westmorland is a market town and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, with a population of 3,048 at the 2011 Census. Crossed by the River Eden, Appleby was the county town of the historic county of Westmorland. It was known just as Appleby until 1974–1976, when the council of the successor parish to the borough changed it to retain the name Westmorland, which was abolished as an administrative area under the Local Government Act 1972. It lies 14 miles (23 km) south-east of Penrith, 32 miles (51 km) south-east of Carlisle, 27 miles (43 km) north-east of Kendal and 45 miles (72 km) west of Darlington.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eden Valley Railway</span> Former railway

The Eden Valley Railway (EVR) was a railway in Cumbria, England. It ran between Clifton Junction near Penrith and Kirkby Stephen via Appleby-in-Westmorland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Orton, Eden</span> Village in Cumbria, England

Orton is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It lies 15 miles (24 km) south of Penrith, 8 miles (13 km) from Appleby-in-Westmorland and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the M6 motorway. The village is in the upper Lune Valley, at the foot of Orton Scar in the Orton Fells. The Lake District is nearby. The parish includes a wide area outside the village, and had a population of 594 in 2001, decreasing to 588 at the 2011 Census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coupland, Cumbria</span> Human settlement in England

Coupland is a small village in Cumbria, England, in the civil parish of Warcop. It is situated a short distance to the south-east of Appleby-in-Westmorland, just to the north of the A66, and lies within the historic county boundaries of Westmorland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patterdale</span> Human settlement in England

Patterdale is a small village and civil parish in the eastern part of the English Lake District in the Eden District of Cumbria, in the traditional county of Westmorland, and the long valley in which they are found, also called the Ullswater Valley. The parish had a population of 460 in 2001, increasing to 501 at the 2011 Census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mallerstang</span> Human settlement in England

Mallerstang is a civil parish in the extreme east of Cumbria, and, geographically, a dale at the head of the upper Eden Valley. Originally part of Westmorland, it lies about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the nearest town, Kirkby Stephen. Its eastern edge, at Aisgill, borders on North Yorkshire; and since August 2016 it has been within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sockbridge and Tirril</span> Human settlement in England

Sockbridge and Tirril is a small civil parish in Eden District, Cumbria. It had a population of 397 in 2001, increasing to 415 at the 2011 Census. It comprises the adjoining settlements of Tirril, Sockbridge and Thorpe. All three were once separate places but are now, in effect, a single village. They are near Penrith. The two villages are separated by a river.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dufton</span> Human settlement in England

Dufton is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it lies in the Eden Valley and below Great Dun Fell. It is mostly around 180m above sea level. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 169, increasing to 204 at the 2011 Census

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Warcop</span> Village in Cumbria, England

Warcop is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. The parish had a population of 491 in the 2001 census, increasing to 532 at the Census 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hilton, Cumbria</span> Human settlement in England

Hilton is a village in Cumbria, England, in the civil parish of Murton, about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Appleby-in-Westmorland and at an elevation of 752 feet (229 m). In 1870-72 the township had a population of 253. It has a rural economy, with much grazing of sheep, though the past was also home to lead mining.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blencarn</span> Human settlement in England

Blencarn is a small village located in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. The village is situated at the foot of the Pennines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Great Strickland</span> Human settlement in England

Great Strickland is a village and civil parish in the Eden Valley between the Cumbrian mountains in the west and the Pennines in the east. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) south east of Penrith, and is in the former county of Westmorland. At the 2011 Census Great Strickland was grouped with Little Strickland, itself enlarged to include Thrimby after 2001, to give a total population of 370. The equivalent figure from the 2001 census was 342.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Morland, Cumbria</span> Village and civil parish in Cumbria, England

Morland is a village and civil parish in the rolling hills of the Eden Valley in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It lies within the historic county of Westmorland. The parish includes the hamlets of Town Head and Morland Moor, and had a population of 380 in 2001, reducing marginally to 374 at the 2011 Census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keisley</span> Human settlement in England

Keisley is a small hamlet in the English county of Cumbria. It is located in the Dufton civil parish and the Eden district.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Waitby</span> Human settlement in England

Waitby is a small village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. The parish contains two small villages, Waitby and Smardale, plus the small hamlets of Riddlesay, Stripes and Leases, all of which are in the farmed and enclosured northern part at an elevation of around 200–300m. The southern half of the parish is mostly heath and unused for agriculture, it rises to Smardale fell; which it includes, at elevations between 300 and 400m. The civil parish of Ravenstonedale forms the boundary to the south. The western border with Crosby Garrett civil parish is formed by Scandal Beck. To the north and east lie Soulby and Kirkby Stephen civil parishes respectively. The population of the civil parish as measured at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the parish of Crosby Garrett.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Murton Fell</span> Hill in Cumbria, England

Murton Fell is a hill of 675 metres (2,215 ft) above the village of Murton, Cumbria in Eden district, in the North Pennines. It lies east of the dramatic valley of High Cup Nick

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Warcop Training Area</span> UK Ministry of Defence military training area near the village of Warcop in Cumbria

The Warcop Training Area (WTA) is a UK Ministry of Defence military training area near the village of Warcop in Cumbria. Part of the Defence Training Estate, the area consists of approximately 24,000 acres (9,700 ha) of MoD freehold land.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Cuthbert's Church, Dufton</span> Church in Cumbria, England

St Cuthbert's Church is situated 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) north of the village of Dufton, Cumbria, England. It should not be confused with the nearby St Cuthbert's church, Milburn. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle. The parish is one of ten parishes which form the benefice of the Heart of Eden.

Murton is a civil parish in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. It contains eleven listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Murton and Hilton and the hamlet of Brackenber, and is otherwise rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings, the other buildings consisting of two village pumps, a bridge, and a disused railway viaduct.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">High Cup Gill</span>

High Cup Gill, almost a geometrically perfect U-shaped chasm, is a valley deeply incised into the Pennine scarp to the northeast of Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria and within the North Pennines AONB in northern England. It is considered to be glacial in origin, ice having over-ridden the area during successive ice ages. To its southeast is Murton Fell whilst Dufton Fell is to the north.

References

  1. 1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Murton Parish (E04002558)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ↑ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Murton Parish (16UF049)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Murton Pike 54°36′07″N2°24′41″W / 54.602052°N 2.411299°W
  4. ↑ Murton Fell 54°37′02″N2°22′53″W / 54.617101°N 2.381473°W
  5. ↑ Walking in the North Pennines , Paddy Dillon , 1991 , "Warcop Range Section" , pp.71–82 google books preview


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.