Croglin

Croglin is the name of a village, beck (stream), and grange in Cumbria in England. Croglin is a quiet picturesque fellside village between the Pennines and the River Eden, about 14 miles (23 km) south-east of Carlisle. The surrounding land is used for agriculture, mainly sheep. A small river, Croglin Water, flows through the valley down into the River Eden.

Croglin

A village has existed in this location for a long time and may originally have been two separate hamlets. There has been a church on the current site since the Norman period, but the present building, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was erected in 1878 to a design by J. Hewison of Edinburgh. There is a post office, which opens two mornings a week, and a pub, the Robin Hood.

Because of its proximity to the Scottish borders, the village was often raided by the Border Reivers in the 15th century. The lower two stories of a pele tower still survive, incorporated into the house formerly known as Croglin Vicarage, now The Old Pele, a testament to that need for defence.[1]

The Old Pele

There is a tale of a vampire associated with the area. It has many versions, and some have accurate local details, many of which are available on other sites.

A toy manufacturer, Croglin Toys, was set up in the village in 1980, but now operates from nearby Lazonby.[2] A small dairy in the area, Thornby Moor Dairy, founded in 1979, has developed a type of cheese made from ewe's milk, known as Croglin Cheese.[3]

Etymology

'Croglin' is, " as suggested by Ekwall [4] ... probably a compound of a ME word 'crōk', 'bend', ultimately derived from ON 'krókr', and OE 'hlynn', 'torrent'. " [5] This might refer to the position of the village by a bend in the river. ('ME' is Middle English, 'OE' is Old English, 'ON' is Old Norse).

References

  1. ↑ The Old Pele, British Listed Buildings Online, retrieved 2 June 2011
  2. ↑ "Children give Eden firm their "most playable toys in Britain" vote", Cumberland & Westmorland Herald, 14 December 2007, retrieved 7 December 2009
  3. ↑ Thornby Moor Dairy, UKTV, retrieved 7 December 2009
  4. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1922). The place-names of Lancashire. Manchester: Chetham Society.
  5. ↑ Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol.xx. Part 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 183.

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Coordinates: 54°48′N 2°39′W / 54.800°N 2.650°W