Greystoke, Cumbria

Greystoke
St Andrew's Church
Greystoke Greystoke shown within Cumbria
Population	654 (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	NY4430
Civil parish	Greystoke
District	Eden
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA11
Dialling code	017684
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Penrith and the Border
List of places UK England Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°40′12″N 2°52′12″W / 54.670°N 2.870°W / 54.670; -2.870

Greystoke is a village and civil parish on the edge of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Penrith. The village centres on a green surrounded by stone houses and cottages.

Buildings

Buildings in the village include St Andrew's parish church, which dates from the 13th century; Greystoke Castle, built by Baron Greystock in the 16th century and which stands in a 3,000-acre (12 km²) park; the Boot & Shoe public house; and the Cyclists' Cafe.

To the east of the village are three folly farmsteads built about 1789 by Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk, of Greystoke Castle: Fort Putnam, Bunker's Hill and Spire House.

St Andrew's Church

St Andrew's is a major church building due to its size, which is considerable for such a small parish. It was refounded as a collegiate church in 1382, by William, 14th Baron Greystoke. for a master, seven chaplains and six chantry priests. However the present building, in the Perpendicular style, is reckoned to date from the 16th and 17th centuries. It had a restoration in 1818, and then in 1848-49 it had another restoration under the architect Anthony Salvin. The nave is narrow, but the aisles are wide, with big windows, but it has no clerestory or west window. There are a number of effigies, including William, 14th Baron, and John, 16th Baron. There is an impressive memorial to Henry Charles Howard of Greystoke, in the Arts and Crafts style dating from 1914.^[2] There are six bells which are hung for ringing in the English full-circle style.^[3]

Notable people

Bishop John Law was born at Greystoke in 1745.^[4]

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward stretches south west to Threlkeld with a total population of 1,374.^[5]

Gallery

Fort Putnam
Bunker's Hill
Spire House

Notes

↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
↑ The Buildings of England - Cumbria, Matthew Hyde and Nikolaus Pevsener 2010. Yale University Press
↑ Retrieved from Carlisle Diocesan Guild of church bell ringers website july 2015
↑ Enos Bronson, Memoir of the Life and Character of Dr John Law in Select Reviews, vol. 4 (1810)
↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 20 June 2015.

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Boroughs or districts	City of Carlisle Borough of Allerdale Borough of Barrow-in-Furness Borough of Copeland District of Eden District of South Lakeland

Major settlements	Alston Ambleside Appleby-in-Westmorland Aspatria Barrow-in-Furness Bowness-on-Windermere Brampton Broughton-in-Furness Carlisle Cleator Moor Cockermouth Dalton-in-Furness Egremont Grange-over-Sands Harrington Kendal Keswick Kirkby Lonsdale Kirkby Stephen Longtown Maryport Millom Penrith Sedbergh Silloth Ulverston Whitehaven Wigton Windermere Workington See also: List of civil parishes in Cumbria

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