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Whinfell
Location within Cumbria
Civil parish
  • Whinfell
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Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
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England
Cumbria
Coordinates: 54°22′56″N2°40′15″W / 54.3823°N 2.6707°W / 54.3823; -2.6707

Whinfell is a civil parish in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England. It does not have a parish council but a parish meeting. [1] The parish lies north east of Kendal, between the A6 and the A685. The neighbouring parishes are Grayrigg to the east, Docker to the south, Skelsmergh to the south west, Selside and Fawcett Forest to the west, and Tebay in Eden District to the north.

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In the 2001 census Whinfell had a population of 152, [2] increasing at the 2011 census to 186. [3]

There are nine grade II listed buildings or structures in the parish, including bridges, barns, houses and a limekiln. [4]

History

The name "Whinfell" means 'Gorse/whin mountain'. [5] Whinfell was formerly a township in the parish of Kendal, [6] in 1866 Whinfell became a civil parish in its own right. [7] On 1 April 1986 Patton parish was merged with Whinfell. [8]

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References

  1. "Whinfell Parish Meeting". South Lakeland District Council. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Whinfell Parish (16UG076)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Whinfell Parish (E04002659)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. "Advanced search". National Heritage List for England . Historic England. Retrieved 6 March 2016.Enter parish name to search
  5. "Whinfell Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  6. "History of Whinfell, in South Lakeland and Westmorland". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  7. "Relationships and changes Whinfell CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  8. "The South Lakeland (Parishes) Order 1985" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 14 September 2022.