Melkinthorpe

Melkinthorpe

Pastures, Melkinthorpe
Melkinthorpe
Melkinthorpe shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference NY555252
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PENRITH
Postcode district CA10
Dialling code 01931
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament

Melkinthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lowther within the Eden District in the county of Cumbria. It is near the villages of Hackthorpe and Cliburn.

Geography and general description

Places of interest in the village include Larch Cottage nurseries in the hamlet[1] and Red Barn Gallery.[2] Nearby Abbot Lodge Jersey ice cream farm,[3] is about half a mile away to the southwest, and Wetheriggs County Pottery, about a mile away northwards. There is also a wood called Melkinthorpe Wood to the southeast, Melkinthorpe Hall which was built in the 16th century was demolished in the 19th century.,[4] The River Leith flows past the southern edge of the village.

Location grid


See also

References

  1. ↑ Larch Cottage Nurseries www.larchcottage.co.uk
  2. ↑ Red Barn Gallery larchcottage.co.uk/cms/red-barn-art-gallery
  3. ↑ Abbott Lodge Jersey Ice Cream www.abbottlodgejersey.co.uk
  4. ↑ Melkin Thorpe Hall The Later Records relating to North Westmorland: or the Barony of Appleby : Parishes (West Ward): St Michael, Lowther , pp.325-334 , John F. Curwen , 1932 , via www.british-history.ac.uk
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