Wythop

Wythop

Wythop Beck and Eskin farm
Wythop
 Wythop shown within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY182290
Civil parishWythop
DistrictAllerdale
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town COCKERMOUTH
Postcode district CA13
Dialling code 017687
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentCopeland
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Coordinates: 54°39′00″N 3°15′58″W / 54.650°N 3.266°W / 54.650; -3.266

Wythop is a civil parish in the north of Cumbria, England between Cockermouth and Keswick. Population details are no longer maintained and can be found included in the parish of Embleton

Wythop is within one mile of the hamlets of Dubwath (in the parish of Setmurthy) and Wythop Mill (in Embleton).

Administratively Wythop forms part of the district of Allerdale.

Etymology

'Wythop' is " 'withy valley', cf. 'wīðig', 'hop' " (from the Old English).[1] 'Wīðig','withy' means 'willow', 'hop' means 'a small enclosed valley'; so 'Wythop' is the 'valley of willow trees'.

See also

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. 457.

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