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Whale, Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°35′10″N 2°44′28″W / 54.586°N 2.741°W / 54.586; -2.741
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Whale
Hamlet
Whale
Whale is located in the former Eden District
Whale
Whale
Location in the former Eden District
Whale is located in Cumbria
Whale
Whale
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY520215
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPENRITH
Postcode districtCA10
Dialling code01931
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Cumbria
54°35′10″N 2°44′28″W / 54.586°N 2.741°W / 54.586; -2.741

Whale is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland, it is about a mile south of the village of Askham. In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 it had a population of 53.[1]

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The name Whale comes from the same Anglo-Saxon language root as the country Wales, meaning 'foreigners'.[2] It was given by the Angles of Helton to the Celtic inhabitants of the opposite side of the River Lowther, c. the 9th century.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHALE". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Welsh language history - place names". Wales. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ Sullivan, Jeremiah (1857). Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and Customs. Whittaker and Company. p. 82.