Westnewton, Cumbria
Westnewton is a small village and civil parish in the Allerdale District, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located on the B5301 road, between Aspatria and Silloth. Westnewton has a school called St Matthew's Church of England School, a pub called the Swan Inn, a church called St Matthew's Church and a crematorium.
In June 2012, it became clear that Westnewton (specifically the Solway Plain between Silloth, Abbeytown and Westnewton) has been identified as a potential site for a Geological Disposal Facility for the UK's high level nuclear waste. Two other sites have also been identified - Eskdale and the Ennerdale - both of these are within the Lake District National Park. The Solway Plain wasn't named by the Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (MRWS) Partnership, rather they referred to the 'Low permeability sedimentary rocks associated with the Mercia Mudstone Group(MMG)'. This was in (publicly available) document 285 of the West Cumbria MRWS in a report written by Dr Dearlove, the consultant geologist recruited by MRWS.
Etymology
'Nīwe' is Old English for 'new'; 'tūn' is OE for 'homestead', 'village'. So, 'West new village' - " so called, it is probable, in contra-distinction to Newton Arlosh, in the parish of Holm Cultram, which lies to the east." [1]
References
- ↑ 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. 328.
External links
Media related to Westnewton, Cumbria at Wikimedia Commons- Cumbria County History Trust: Westnewton (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
- Village profile at visitcumbria.com
- Vhurch profile at visitcumbria.com
- Beerintheevening.com
- Westnewton Village
Coordinates: 54°47′06″N 3°20′43″W / 54.7849°N 3.3454°W