Askham
Askham is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is in the historic county of Westmorland. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 360, decreasing slightly to 356 at the 2011 Census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 339 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Cumbria, England
- Also known as: “Askham, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Queens Head Inn and Askham Hall.
Askham Hall
Hotel
Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Askham Hall is a country house near Askham in Cumbria. It is a Grade I listed building.
Lowther Castle
Photo: Burtonsi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lowther Castle is a ruined country house in Lowther, Cumbria, England. The estate has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Helton and Whale.
Helton
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helton is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about a mile south of the village of Askham. Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
Whale
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Sockbridge
Village
Sockbridge and Tirril is a small civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria. It had a population of 397 in 2001, increasing to 415 at the 2011 Census. Sockbridge is situated 2 miles north of Askham.
Askham
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Askham, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.60591° or 54° 36′ 21″ northLongitude
-2.75603° or 2° 45′ 22″ westPopulation
339Elevation
659 feet (201 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB ASQOpen location code
9C6VJ64V+9HOpenStreetMap ID
node 29369297OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Askham” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Askham (Cumbria)”
- Basque: “Askham”
- Cebuano: “Askham”
- Chinese: “Askham”
- Dutch: “Askham”
- French: “Askham”
- Irish: “Askham”
- Italian: “Askham (Cumbria)”
- Italian: “Askham”
- Ladin: “Askham”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Askham (Cumbria)”
- Polish: “Askham”
- Swedish: “Askham, Cumbria”
- Swedish: “Askham”
- Turkish: “Askham, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Askham, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Askham”
- “Askham”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Askham Community Centre and Green Croft.
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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 “Askham”. Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.