Wythop

Wythop
Wythop Beck and Eskin farm
Wythop  Wythop shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY182290
Civil parish	Wythop
District	Allerdale
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COCKERMOUTH
Postcode district	CA13
Dialling code	017687
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Copeland
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Coordinates: 54°39′00″N 3°15′58″W / 54.650°N 3.266°W

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 Population details are no longer maintained and can be found included in the parish of Embleton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

• Listed buildings in Wythop

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.

External links

• Media related to Wythop at Wikimedia Commons
• Cumbria County History Trust: Wythop (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)