Frizington
| Frizington | |
 St Paul's Church, Frizington |
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  Frizington |
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| Population | 3,607 (2011.Civil Parish) |
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| OS grid reference | NY0316 |
| Civil parish | Arlecdon and Frizington |
| District | Copeland |
| Shire county | Cumbria |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FRIZINGTON |
| Postcode district | CA26 |
| Dialling code | 01946 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Copeland |
Coordinates: 54°33′22″N 3°28′16″W / 54.556°N 3.471°W
Frizington is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically, it was a collection of farms and houses, but became a unified village as a result of the mining (both coal and iron ore) opportunities in the area. The village is known for its church, which was built in 1867-1868. Historically a part of Cumberland, Frizington is in the civil parish of Arlecdon and Frizington, which has a population of 3,678,[1] the Borough of Copeland and the CA postcode area.
On 2 June 2010, Frizington was the scene of the second murder in the killing spree known as the Cumbria shootings, when Derrick Bird shot his family solicitor, Kevin Commons.[2]
Stephen Holgate,a professional rugby league player with a number of clubs, came from Frizington.
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. The population of this ward as at the 2011 Census was 2,558.[3]
Etymology
" The name as a whole means 'tūn of Frisa' or 'of Frisa's people'...." [4] ('Tūn' is OE=Old English for 'homestead', 'village'. OE 'Frīsa' means 'the Frisian').
References
- ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Copeland Retrieved 2009-09-18
- ↑ "Cumbria Shootings - Interactive Map". BBC. 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ↑ 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. 336.
External links
- Cumbria County History Trust: Arlecdon (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
- Frizington Cumbria, from The Cumbria Directory.
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