Underskiddaw

Underskiddaw
Skiddaw Little Man
Underskiddaw Location in Allerdale, Cumbria Show map of the former Allerdale Borough Underskiddaw Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
Population	264 (2011)
OS grid reference	NY2625
Civil parish	Underskiddaw
Unitary authority	Cumberland
Ceremonial county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KESWICK
Postcode district	CA12
Dialling code	01768
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and Solway
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°37′N3°08′W / 54.61°N 3.14°W / 54.61; -3.14

Underskiddaw is a civil parish in the Cumberland in the English county of Cumbria. The parish lies immediately to the north of the town of Keswick, and includes the southern and eastern flanks of Skiddaw as well as part of the valley of the rivers Greta and Derwent, and a small part of Bassenthwaite Lake. The parish includes the settlements of Applethwaite, Millbeck and Ormathwaite, all of which lie along the line where the southern slopes of Skiddaw meet the valley. ^[1] A significant area of the parish is within the Skiddaw Group SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) and, within that, Cumbria Wildlife Trust has the 1,200 sq mi (3,100 km²) Skiddaw Forest nature reserve rewilding project. ^[2]

The parish has a population of 282 in 122 households, reducing at the 2011 Census to a population of 264 in 128 households. ^[3] It is within the Penrith and Solway constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament. ^{[1] [4]}

Millbeck Hall belonged to the Williamson family. Edward Williamson of Millbeck died before 1577 owing money to the German copper miners at Keswick and Caldbeck. ^[5] There is a carved stone doorway lintel dated 1592 with the name of the owner, Nicholas Williamson. The inscription in Latin has been translated as "Whither? to live and die, or to die and live". ^{[6] [7]} In March 1595, a distant cousin, also called Nicholas Williamson visited Millbeck. He was arrested and taken to the Tower of London for his part in a conspiracy. ^[8]

See also

• Cumbria portal

• Listed buildings in Underskiddaw

References

1. "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
2. Barkham, Patrick (5 September 2024). "'A 100-year vision': Skiddaw's barren peak to spring to life in ambitious rewilding". The Guardian .
3. "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 16 June 2015.
4. "Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Allerdale". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
5. Collingwood, W. G. (1912). Elizabethan Keswick: Extracts from the Accounts of the German Miners at Augsburg. Kendal: Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archæological Society. p. 195.
6. Taylor, Michael Waistell (1892). The Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland & Cumberland. Kendal: T. Wilson. pp. 320–4. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
7. Picture of the Williamson motto at Millbeck, Andrew Locking
8. HMC Salisbury Hatfield, vol. 5 (London, 1894), pp. 145–6, 244: Mary Anne Everett Green, Calendar State Papers Domestic, 1595–1597 (London, 1869), pp. 26, 46: Annie I. Cameron, Calendar State Papers Scotland, 1593–1595, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1936), pp. 547 no. 483, 582 no. 525, 611 no. 565: Joseph Bain, Calendar of Border Papers, vol. 2 (London, 1896), p. 24 no. 46.

External links

• Cumbria County History Trust: Underskiddaw (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)