Great Strickland

Great Strickland

The village of Great Strickland lies in the Eden Valley between the Cumbrian mountains in the West and the Pennines in the East, it is five miles south east of Penrith, the village itself is in the former county of Westmorland [http://www.thecumbriadirectory.com/Town_or_Village/Great_Strickland/Great_Strickland.php] .

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Great Strickland
latitude= 54.599842
longitude= -2.682887
civil_parish= Great Strickland
population = (2001)
shire_district= Eden
shire_county= Cumbria
region= North West England
constituency_westminster=
post_town= Penrith
postcode_district = CA10
postcode_area= CA
dial_code= 01931
os_grid_reference= NY559229

The sandstone village church is dedicated to St Barnabus and constructed in 1872, it has a bell turret [http://www.thecumbriadirectory.com/Town_or_Village/Great_Strickland/Great_Strickland.php] .

To the west of the village lies the River Leith, the West Coast Main Line and the M6 Motorway. To the south lies the small settlement of Little Strickland.

History

The village gets it name from a Scandinavian term for pastureland around the 9th and 10th centuries, in 1179 the local heiress Christian de Leteham married Walter de Castlecarrock and he changed his name to de Strikeland [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STRICKLAND.htm] .

See Also

Strickland (surname)

References


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