Cartmel (Cumbria)

Cartmel est un village de Cumbria, en Angleterre. Il est situé dans le sud du comté, à 3,5 km au nord-ouest de la ville de Grange-over-Sands, près de la rivière Eea (en). Administrativement, il relève de la paroisse civile de Lower Allithwaite, qui comprend également le village d'Allithwaite (en), et du district de South Lakeland. Au recensement de 2011, la paroisse civile comptait 1 831 habitants. Le village abrite notamment l'hippodrome de Cartmel (en).

1. Étymologie

Cartmel est un nom d'origine norroise. Il est composé des éléments *kartr et melr et désigne un banc de sable situé près d'un terrain rocailleux. Il est attesté au XIIe siècle sous les formes Ceartmel et Cartmel.

1. Histoire

D'après la Historia de sancto Cuthberto, le domaine de Cartmel est offert à l'évêque Cuthbert de Lindisfarne par le roi de Northumbrie Ecgfrith à la fin du VIIe siècle. En 1190, Guillaume le Maréchal fonde le prieuré de Cartmel (en) pour accueillir une communauté de chanoines réguliers augustins. Comme la plupart des monastères anglais, ce prieuré cesse d'exister lors de la dissolution des monastères ordonnée par le roi Henri VIII. La communauté est brièvement rétablie en 1536-1537, lors du pèlerinage de Grâce, avant d'être brutalement réprimée. Les villageois de Cartmel obtiennent que l'église du prieuré ne soit pas abattue, car elle constitue leur seul lieu de culte. Cartmel appartient historiquement au comté du Lancashire. Il est situé dans le hundred de Lonsdale (en), dont la partie nord est une exclave séparée du reste du comté par la baie de Morecambe. Cette région est détachée du Lancashire pour former une partie du nouveau comté administratif de Cumbria en 1974, en vertu du Local Government Act 1972.

1. Transports

La gare de Cark et Cartmel (en) est desservie par les trains de la Furness line (en) qui relie Barrow-in-Furness à Lancaster.

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Ressource relative à la géographie : Open Domesday Portail de l’Angleterre

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Cartmel

Cartmel is a village in Furness (traditionally "Lancashire-over-the-Sands" (and in the ceremonial county of Cumbria), England, 2+1⁄4 miles (3.5 kilometres) northwest of Grange-over-Sands close to the River Eea. The village takes its name from the Cartmel Peninsula, and it was historically known as Kirkby in Cartmel. The village is the location of the 12th-century Cartmel Priory, around which it initially grew. Situated in the historic county of Lancashire, since 1974 Cartmel was in the non-metropolitan county and ceremonial county of Cumbria, and for local government, in the unitary authority area of Westmorland and Furness. Whilst its history has been in its ecclesiastical and agricultural communities, Cartmel has since the mid-20th century developed as a minor tourist destination, being just outside the Lake District National Park. Several attractions in the village, including Cartmel Racecourse and a Michelin-starred restaurant, cater to this tourist trade.

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Cartmel Priory School

Cartmel Priory CofE School is a mixed 11-16 secondary school and academy in Cartmel, Cumbria, England.

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Cartmel Priory

Cartmel Priory church serves as the parish church of Cartmel, Cumbria, England (formerly in Lancashire).

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Cartmel Priory Gatehouse

Cartmel Priory Gatehouse is a medieval building located at Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England. It is listed Grade II* and is part of a scheduled monument. It belongs to the National Trust. Along with the church, the gatehouse is all that remains of the Augustinian Cartmel Priory. The priory was founded in 1190 whereas the gatehouse was built about 1330. In 1536 the Priory was dissolved as part of the general reformation of Church. Most of the monastic property was demolished, but the gatehouse was by that time serving as courthouse for the manor of Cartmel, so survived. It is described by Historic England as an excellent example of a medieval monastic gatehouse. The building served as a grammar school from 1624 to 1790. In 1923 the gatehouse became a museum, and was used for exhibitions and meetings, before being presented to the National Trust in 1946. By 2011 it was mainly in private residential use, although the Great Room is opened to the public on several days a year.

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L'Enclume

L'Enclume (pronounced [lɑ̃.klym], French for "the anvil") is a Modern British restaurant opened in 2002 in Cartmel, Cumbria, England, run by the chef Simon Rogan and his partner, Penny Tapsell. L'Enclume received a rating of 10 out of 10 five times in The Good Food Guide and was named their top restaurant for the fourth consecutive year in the 2017 guide, and placed second in the 2018 guide. It has received three Michelin stars and five AA Rosettes.

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