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Stonethwaite

Coordinates: 54°30′25″N 3°08′40″W / 54.50689°N 3.14435°W / 54.50689; -3.14435
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Stonethwaite
Stonethwaite's main street
Stonethwaite is located in the former Allerdale Borough
Stonethwaite
Stonethwaite
Location in Allerdale, Cumbria
Stonethwaite is located in Cumbria
Stonethwaite
Stonethwaite
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY2613
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKESWICK
Postcode districtCA12
Dialling code017687
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54°30′25″N 3°08′40″W / 54.50689°N 3.14435°W / 54.50689; -3.14435

Stonethwaite is a small village in the Lake District in the English county of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, it is situated in the valley of the Stonethwaite Beck, a side valley of Borrowdale, and within the Lake District National Park. It is on the Cumbria Way long-distance footpath.

History

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The farm at Stonethwaite was once owned by the monks at Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire from 1195 as part of lands they owned in the Borrowdale valley. The monks of Furness complained to King Edward II that they objected to the terms of the ownership of what was now a thriving dairy business. The king did not adjudicate but merely sequestrated the farm and then sold it back to Fountains Abbey in 1304 for two pounds.[1]

Governance

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Stonethwaite is within the Copeland UK Parliamentary constituency and the North West England European Parliamentary constituency. Trudy Harrison is the Member of parliament.

Before Brexit for the European Parliament its residents voted to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency.

For Local Government purposes it is in the Keswick Ward of Allerdale Borough Council and the Keswick Division of Cumbria County Council.

Stonethwaite has its own Parish Council; Borrowdale Parish Council.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Plaque in Stonethwaite, photographed September 2014
  2. ^ "Borrowdale Parish Council".
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