Fornside

Fornside

Fornside
Fornside
 Fornside shown within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY319204
Civil parishSt John's Castlerigg and Wythburn
DistrictAllerdale
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town KESWICK
Postcode district CA12
Dialling code 017687
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentCopeland
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Coordinates: 54°34′30″N 3°03′11″W / 54.575°N 3.053°W / 54.575; -3.053

Fornside, part of an area known as St John's in the Vale,[1] is a hamlet in the Lake District National Park of Cumbria, England. It is located about 4 miles as the crow flies to the southeast of Keswick, along the B5322 road.

The name is believed to be of Scandinavian origin, Forn meaning "old" or "former".[2] The hamlet contains little more than self-catering cottages belonging to Fornside Farm, and 'The Studio', the former house of an artist which was "originally a barn adjoining Fornside House and is about 250 years old".[3][4] There is also an old green Residential Carriage at Fornside, despite there being no nearby railway. The farmer owners Robert and Pam Hall rear Herdwick sheep.[5] On the western side is the Sosgill and Righause woods.

Fornside is mentioned in Hall Caine's novel The Shadow of a Crime and visited by the character of Rotha.[6]

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  1. ↑ Richards, Mark (4 January 2011). The Near Eastern Fells. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-84965-338-1. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Gillian Fellows Jensen (1985). Scandinavian settlement names in the North-West. C.A. Reitzels Forlag. p. 63. ISBN 978-87-7421-443-4. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Fornside Farm
  4. ↑ English Tourism Council; VisitBritain (1 November 2003). Somewhere Special. Aa Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-7095-7757-7. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Prince, Rose (24 June 2010). The Savvy Shopper. HarperCollins UK. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-00-737832-6. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  6. ↑ Caine, Hall (June 2009). The Shadow of a Crime. Wildside Press LLC. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-4344-5540-6. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
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