Whale, Cumbria
Appearance
Whale | |
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Hamlet | |
Whale | |
Location in the former Eden District Location within Cumbria | |
OS grid reference | NY520215 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PENRITH |
Postcode district | CA10 |
Dialling code | 01931 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
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]
Toponymy
[edit]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]
Location grid
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHALE". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Welsh language history - place names". Wales. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Sullivan, Jeremiah (1857). Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and Customs. Whittaker and Company. p. 82.
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