Frizington
| Frizington | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
 St Paul's Church, Frizington | |
  Frizington Location within Cumbria | |
| OS grid reference | NY0316 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FRIZINGTON |
| Postcode district | CA26 |
| Dialling code | 01946 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Frizington is a village in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies to the north-west of the Lake District National Park. Historically, it was a collection of farms and houses, but became a unified village as a result of the mining (both coal and iron ore) opportunities in the area. The village is known for its church, which was built in 1867–1868.
Location
[edit]It lies by road five miles (eight kilometres) east of Whitehaven, 38 miles (61 kilometres) southwest of Carlisle, and 44+1⁄2 miles (72 kilometres) north of Barrow-in-Furness.
Toponymy
[edit]"The name as a whole means 'tūn of Frisa' or 'of Frisa's people'"[1] ('tūn' is Old English for 'homestead', 'village'; OE 'Frīsa' means 'the Frisian').
Governance
[edit]Frizington forms part of the civil parish of Arlecdon and Frizington. There are two tiers of local government, at civil parish and unitary authority level: Arlecdon and Frizington Parish Council and Cumberland Council.[2][3] The parish council generally meets at St Joseph's Community Hall in Frizington.[4]
Frizington is within the Whitehaven and Workington UK Parliamentary constituency.
Administrative history
[edit]Frizington was historically one of three townships within the ancient parish of Arlecdon in the historic county of Cumberland; the other two townships were Whillimoor and Arlecdon.[5][6][7]
In 1882, a local government district called Arlecdon and Frizington was created, covering those two townships.[8][9] The Arlecdon and Frizington district was enlarged in 1894 to take in the Whillimoor township, after which the Arlecdon and Frizington district covered the whole parish of Arlecdon.[10] Later that year, local government districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894.[11]
Arlecdon and Frizington Urban District was abolished in 1934. The parish of Arlecdon it had covered was renamed Arlecdon and Frizington, given a parish council, and reclassified as a rural parish within the Ennerdale Rural District.[12] Ennerdale Rural District was abolished in 1974, becoming part of the Borough of Copeland in the new county of Cumbria.[13][14] Copeland was in turn abolished in 2023 when the new Cumberland Council was created, also taking over the functions of the abolished Cumbria County Council in the area.[15]
Notable people
[edit]Stephen Holgate, a professional rugby league player with a number of clubs, came from Frizington.
June 2010 shootings
[edit]On 2 June 2010, Frizington was the scene of the second murder in the killing spree known as the Cumbria shootings, when Derrick Bird shot his family solicitor, Kevin Commons.[16]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol. xxi. Vol. Part 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 336.
- ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "About the Parish". Arlecdon and Frizington Parish Council. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Meetings". Arlecdon and Frizington Parish Council. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Arlecdon, Cumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ Census of England and Wales, 1871: Volume 2. Census Office. 1872. p. 507. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Cumberland Sheet LXII". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. 1867. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ Public Bills: Volume 4. House of Lords. 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Arlecdon and Frizington Water Act 1879" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ Annual Report of the Local Government Board. 1895. p. 240. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ Kelly's Directory of Cumberland. 1906. p. 27. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Arlecdon and Frizington Ancient Parish / Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 3 March 2023
- ^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 3 March 2023
- ^ "The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/331, retrieved 24 January 2024
- ^ "Cumbria Shootings - Interactive Map". BBC. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
External links
[edit]- Cumbria County History Trust: Arlecdon (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
- Frizington Cumbria, from The Cumbria Directory.
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