Thornthwaite
Thornthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it is just off the A66 road, south of Bassenthwaite Lake and within the Lake District National Park. It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) by road from Keswick.[1]
| Thornthwaite | |
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.jpg.webp) St. Mary's Church, Thornthwaite | |
| OS grid reference | NY222254 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KESWICK |
| Postcode district | CA12 |
| Dialling code | 017687 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
For administrative purposes, Thornthwaite lies within the civil parish of Above Derwent, the district of Allerdale, and the county of Cumbria. It is within the Copeland constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament. Prior to Brexit in 2020 it was part of the North West England constituency of the European Parliament.[1]
St Mary's Church is located a short distance east of the village. It was built in 1831, replacing an earlier church of c.1760 on the same site.[2] The Church is a Grade II listed building.[3]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thornthwaite, Cumbria. |
- "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- "Church of St Mary, Thornthwaite | Co-Curate". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- "CHURCH OF ST MARY, Above Derwent - 1144575 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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