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Oulton, Cumbria
Oulton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Woodside, near the small town of Wigton, in the Cumberland district of the county of Cumbria, England. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 271. Oulton was formerly a township in Wigton parish, from 1866 Oulton was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1934 and merged into Woodside.
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Woodside, Cumbria
Woodside is a civil parish in the Cumberland district, Cumbria, England. At the 2011 census it had a population of 516. The parish has an area of 27.14 square kilometres (10.48 sq mi)
The southern half of the parish almost completely encircles the town of Wigton. To the south east the parish is bordered by Westward (which also has a short boundary with Wigton, between two lengths of Woodside boundary), to the west by Waverton, to the north west by Holme East Waver, to the north by Kirkbride, and to the east by Aikton and Thursby, the eastern boundary following the River Wampool. The main settlement in the parish is the hamlet of Oulton; the parish also includes the hamlets of Aikhead, Moorhouse, High Longthwaite, Kirkland and Dockray. The A596 road from Carlisle to Aspatria passes through the parish, and the A595 road from Carlisle to Workington runs just outside its south eastern border. The north west corner of the parish is within the South Solway Mosses National Nature Reserve.
There is a parish council, the lowest tier of local government.
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Aikhead
Aikhead is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, within the Lake District. It is about one and a half miles northwest of Wigton, and is in the civil parish of Woodside. The hamlet was the residence of John Rooke, an English geologist.
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Wigton railway station
Wigton railway station is a railway station serving the market town of Wigton in Cumbria, England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
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Gamelsby
Gamelsby is a village near Aikton, Cumbria, England. It appears first in written records in 1305 as Gamelesby by Ayketon, and later as Gamelsby in 1332.