Little Strickland

Little Strickland is a small village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is about 7 miles (11 km) from Penrith and 8 miles (13 km) from the small town of Appleby-in-Westmorland. The village has one place of worship and a telephone box. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the parish of Great Strickland. On 1 April 2019 Thrimby parish was merged with Little Strickland.

1. Transport

The village lies 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from the A6 road and the M6 motorway is also about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) away, but there is no motorway access point for about 4 miles (6.4 km).

1. Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include Penrith, Appleby-in-Westmorland, the villages of Great Strickland, Newby, Hackthorpe, Sleagill and Shap and the hamlets of Thrimby and Sweetholme.

1. See also

Listed buildings in Little Strickland

1. References


1. External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Little Strickland (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) http://www.thecumbriadirectory.com/Town_or_Village/location.php?url=little_strickland

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Thrimby

Thrimby is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Little Strickland, in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. In 2001 the population of the civil parish of Thrimby was 30. The population measured at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the parish of Great Strickland. It has a Grade 2* farmhouse called Thrimby Hall, as seen in series 4 of the BBC Two fly-on-the-wall farming documentary "This Farming Life".

Landmark Neighbourhood

Sleagill

Sleagill is a small village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. At the 2011 census Sleagill was grouped with Newby giving a total population of 282.

Great Strickland

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. At the 2011 Census Great Strickland was grouped with Little Strickland, itself enlarged to include Thrimby after 2001, to give a total population of 370. The equivalent figure from the 2001 census was 342. The sandstone village church is dedicated to Saint Barnabas and was constructed in 1872. It has a bell turret. 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.

Newby, Cumbria

Newby is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of the county of Cumbria, England. It is about 7 miles (11 km) from the large town of Penrith and about 5 miles (8 km) from the small town of Appleby-in-Westmorland, and has a population of 164. Nearby is Newby Beck. Newby has a post office. The population at the 2011 Census was less than 100 and data was included with Sleagill.