Sockbridge and Tirril

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Sockbridge and Tirril
Civil parish
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.