New Cowper
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 A collection of farm buildings at New Cowper. |
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  New Cowper |
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| Civil parish | Holme St. Cuthbert |
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| Shire county | Cumbria |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Aspatria |
| Postcode district | CA |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Workington |
Coordinates: 54°47′44″N 3°22′02″W / 54.79568°N 3.36722°W
New Cowper (pronounced and occasionally written New Cooper) is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert in Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is located three-and-a-half miles south-east of the village of Mawbray, one-and-a-half miles north-west of Westnewton, and twenty-one-and-a-half miles south-west of Carlisle, Cumbria's county town.[1]
History and etymology
The name New Cowper originally comes from the Old English "cu-byre", meaning a cow byre or cowshed. Hence, "New Cowper" means a new cowshed. It has previously been spelled New Couper, and even simply as Cowper or Couper, without the "New" prefix.[2]
There is evidence of human activity in the vicinity of New Cowper dating back to the neolithic period, as a polished stone axe and worked flint were discovered there. There is also evidence of Roman settlement and farming.[3]
The hamlet today
Less than two hundred yards to the north-west is one part of the Overby sand quarry, where a large deposit of glacial sand left over from the last ice age is extracted by Thomas Armstrong, Ltd.[4] As a result, large lorries transporting the quarried sand are frequently seen on the narrow road which passes by New Cowper.[5]
In 2013, Allerdale Borough Council granted planning permission to convert a barn into two new dwellings at New Cowper. The barn in question is a listed building.[6]
New Cowper is not served by public transportation. The nearest railway station is at Aspatria, three-and-a-half miles to the south-east along the B5301 road. Trains from Aspatria run north to Carlisle and south to Barrow-in-Furness, and occasionally Lancaster, along the Cumbrian Coast Line. There are also buses in Aspatria which run to Carlisle via Wigton, and to Workington and Whitehaven via Maryport.[7] Thre-and-a-half miles to the west, past the hamlet of Edderside, is the B5300 coast road, where a bus service runs every two hours between Maryport and Silloth.[8][9]
Geography and climate
New Cowper is located on the Solway Plain, less than three miles from the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is also less than two-and-a-half miles as the crow flies from the Salta Moss Site of Special Scientific Interest. Large deposits of glacial sand are present in the ground around the settlement.
New Cowper has an oceanic climate, Köppen classification Cfb, like the rest of the Solway Plain and indeed the county of Cumbria. Rain is present year-round, though it is more common in the autumn and winter months. Average temperatures in July reach 15 degrees Celsius, and in January drop to below 3 degrees Celsius.[10]
| Climate data for New Cowper | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) |
6.3 (43.3) |
8.5 (47.3) |
11.7 (53.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.7 (65.7) |
16.0 (60.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
8.6 (47.5) |
6.2 (43.2) |
11.6 (52.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.7 (38.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
10.7 (51.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
6.2 (43.2) |
2.6 (36.7) |
0.9 (33.6) |
5.1 (41.2) |
| Source: Climate-data.org[11] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Google Maps - New Cowper". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ Holme St. Cuthbert History Group (2004). Plain People: Bygone Times on the Solway Plain.
- ↑ "British Archaeological Sites data". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "Stephenson-Halliday - Overby Sand Quarry". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "Google Street View - New Cowper". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "Allerdale BC - Planning application". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire - 300/301 timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "Reays - City Hopper 60". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "Google Maps - New Cowper". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "Climate-data.org - New Cowper". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "Climate-data.org - New Cowper". Retrieved 11 January 2015.