Sockbridge and Tirril
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Sockbridge and Tirril | |
Civil parish | |
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Status: | Civil Parish |
Administration | |
Primary council: | Eden |
County: | Cumbria |
Region: | North West England |
Politics | |
UK Parliament: | Penrith and The Border |
European Parliament: | North West England |
Sockbridge & Tirril is a small civil parish in Eden District, Cumbria comprising of the adjoining settlements of Tirril, Sockbridge and Thorpe. All three were once separate places but are now, in effect, a single village.
The parish was formed in 1866 as Sockbridge and was formerly a township of the parish of Barton.
The boundary with the parishes of Askham and Barton also forms part of the boundary of the Lake District National Park.