Kirklinton

Kirklinton

St. Cuthbert's Church, Kirklinton
Kirklinton
 Kirklinton shown within Cumbria
Population 384 (2011)
OS grid referenceNY435668
Civil parishKirklinton Middle
DistrictCity of Carlisle
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town CARLISLE
Postcode district CA6
Dialling code 01228
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentPenrith and The Border
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°59′35″N 2°52′59″W / 54.993°N 2.883°W / 54.993; -2.883

Kirklinton is a village in the City of Carlisle District, in the English county of Cumbria. The population taken at the 2011 census was 384.[1] It is a few miles away from the large village of Longtown. It has a church called St Cuthbert's Church. The parish contains the village of Smithfield.

Two miles north of the village, Brackenhill Tower is a restored pele tower, built in 1584 and little altered externally.[2]

Advertisement for Kirklinton Hall, 1937.

In this Village Lies Kirklinton Hall a ruin which lay derelict for 40 years. It has recently been bought by Mr and Mrs C. Boyle in order to open it to the public and restore it back to its formor glory. An advertisement for the hall before its decay is shown on the left.

References

  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. "Brackenhill Tower". Pastscape. Retrieved 2011-06-14.

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