Great Strickland

Great Strickland

Strickland Arms
Great Strickland
 Great Strickland shown within Cumbria
Population 370 (2011(including Little Strickland and Thrimby))[1]
OS grid referenceNY5522
Civil parishGreat Strickland
DistrictEden
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town PENRITH
Postcode district CA10
Dialling code 01931
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentPenrith and the Border
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°35′56″N 2°40′55″W / 54.599°N 2.682°W / 54.599; -2.682

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.[2]

The sandstone village church is dedicated to Saint Barnabas and was constructed in 1872. It has a bell turret.[2]

To the west of the village lies the River Leith, the West Coast Main Line and the M6 Motorway. To the south lies the small settlement of Little Strickland.

History

Main article: Strickland (surname)

The village gets it name from a Scandinavian term for pastureland around the 9th and 10th centuries.

In 1179, the local heiress Christian de Leteham married Walter de Castlecarrock and he changed his name to de Strikeland.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 Great Stickland
  3. ↑ Strickland family

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