Arlecdon

Arlecdon

The Sun Inn
Arlecdon
 Arlecdon shown within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY0419
Civil parishArlecdon and Frizington
DistrictCopeland
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town FRIZINGTON
Postcode district CA26
Dialling code 01946
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentCopeland
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°33′N 3°29′W / 54.55°N 03.48°W / 54.55; -03.48

Arlecdon is a village in the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria, England, near the town of Whitehaven.

Church

It has an historic Grade II listed church, first built in 1829, which contains a stained glass window dedicated to Isaac Fletcher of Frizington. In 1904 the church was remodelled, with the addition of a bell tower and eight bells cast by John Taylor & Son of Loughborough. In 2014 it was announced that the church is to close, and the bells hopefully re-used in another church.

Village

The village also has a 19th-century primary school and an old Sunday school.

Arlecdon church and war memorial

Etymology

'Arlecdon' is " OE 'earn-lāce denu', eagle-stream valley'." [1]('OE' is Old English).

Notable people

Surnames

Most common surnames in Arlecdon at the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881,[2] by order of incidence:

References

  1. Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol.xxi. Part 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 335.
  2. Most Common Surnames in Arlecdon

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