Woodend, Ulpha

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Woodend
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Woodend farm buildings
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Woodend
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Woodend
Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference SD1696
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS
Postcode district LA20
Dialling code 019467
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54°21′18″N3°16′52″W / 54.355°N 3.281°W / 54.355; -3.281

Woodend is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ulpha, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It is situated between the Duddon Valley and the village of Ulpha and the valley of Eskdale, high up on Birker Fell, approximately 950 feet above sea level. [1] It is claimed to have been an early Quaker settlement. With views towards Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain, it is very close to Devoke Water, one of the Lake District tarns.

A local historian recorded that "In the farmyard at Woodend can be seen a building used as a kind of barn, but with quite good mullion windows. This was the meeting house of the "Friends"." [2]

References

  1. "Woodend, Copeland". OS GetOutside. Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  2. "A Mountain Chapelry (part 3) By BS Wignall Simpson (Benjamin Smith)". www.fivenine.co.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.