Barton and Pooley Bridge
| Barton and Pooley Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Population | 238 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | NY4724 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PENRITH |
| Postcode district | CA10 |
| Dialling code | 01768 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Barton and Pooley Bridge is a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The parish is on the edge of the Lake District National Park, and had a population of 232 according to the 2001 census,[1] increasing slightly to 238 at the 2011 Census.[2] The parish includes the village of Pooley Bridge, the small hamlet of Barton, and part of Ullswater, and extends south as far as Loadpot Hill. It has an area of 16.95 square kilometres (6.54 sq mi) and a 2011 population density of 14/sqkm (36/sqmi).[2] The parish was renamed from "Barton" to "Barton and Pooley Bridge" on 1 April 2019.[3]
The parish was once much bigger and included the present civil parishes of Patterdale, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge and Sockbridge and Tirril.
Etymology
[edit]Whaley suggests that 'Barton' is 'the barley farm or outlying grange', from OE 'beretūn' or, more probably, 'bærtūn', which was used of farms, especially outliers of large estates, used for storing crops."[4] OE=Old English.
Governance
[edit]The parish has a parish council, the lowest tier of local government.[5]
It was in the Askham ward of Eden District until 2023. It is within the parliamentary constituency of Penrith and The Border, represented since 2019 by Neil Hudson (Conservative).
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Barton Parish (16UF007)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Barton Parish (E04002516)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "The Eden District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Barton) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Whaley, Diana (2006). A dictionary of Lake District place-names. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society. pp. lx, 423 p.19. ISBN 0904889726.
- ^ "Barton and Pooley Bridge Parish Council". Retrieved 5 January 2022.
External links
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- Cumbria County History Trust: Barton (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
- Barton and Pooley Bridge Parish Council website
- Barton: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI.
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