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Dacre

Dacre

Dacre is a small village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Lake District National Park in the unitary authority area of , England, but historically in the traditional county of Cumberland.
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  • Type: Village with 1,480 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Dacre, Cumbria”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dacre Castle and St Andrew’s Church, Dacre.

Castle
Photo: Geoff Gill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a moated tower house in the village of Dacre, 4 miles south-west of , , England. It was constructed in the mid-14th century, probably by Margaret Multon, against the background of the threat of Scottish invasion and raids, and was held in the Dacre family until the 17th century.

Church
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew's Church is in the village of Dacre, , England. It is an active Anglican in the deanery of Penrith, the archdeaconry of Penrith, and the diocese of Carlisle.

Pub
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Soulby and Pooley Bridge.

Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dacre, near the villages of Dacre and and the A592 road, in the district, in the English county of .

Village
Photo: Tony Peacock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the of the northwestern English county of , within the traditional borders of .

Village
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is a small village in , . It is in the Dacre civil parish about 3 mi west of . It lies at 750 ft sheltered from the prevailing south-westerly wind by Flusco Pike, 150 ft higher. is situated 2 miles northeast of Dacre.

Dacre

Latitude
54.6311° or 54° 37′ 52″ north
Longitude
-2.83941° or 2° 50′ 22″ west
Population
1,480
Elevation
564 feet (172 metres)
Open location code
9C6VJ5J6+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29369291
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2651625
Wiki­data ID
Q3243151
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Welsh—“Dacre” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “ডাক্রে”
  • Cebuano: “Dacre (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Cumbria)”
  • Cebuano: “Dacre”
  • Chinese: “Dacre”
  • Chinese: “德克”
  • Dutch: “Dacre”
  • French: “Dacre”
  • German: “Dacre”
  • Gujarati: “ડેકરે”
  • Irish: “Dacre”
  • Japanese: “デーカー”
  • Kannada: “ಡಾಕ್ರೆ”
  • Korean: “데크레”
  • Ladin: “Dacre”
  • Lithuanian: “Dakrė”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dacre (Cumbria)”
  • Polish: “Dacre”
  • Portuguese: “Dacre”
  • Russian: “Дакр”
  • Spanish: “Dacre”
  • Swedish: “Dacre (parish i Storbritannien, Cumbria)”
  • Swedish: “Dacre”
  • Tamil: “டைகிறே”
  • Telugu: “డాక్రే”
  • Turkish: “Dacre, Cumbria”
  • Urdu: “داکری”
  • Welsh: “Dacre, Cumbria”
  • Welsh: “Dacre”
  • “Dacre”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dacre”. Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.