Dovenby
Dovenby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bridekirk, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is on the A594 road and is 2.5 miles north west of Cockermouth, 2.6 miles east of Dearham, 4.5 miles east of Maryport, 7.4 miles north east of Workington and 27 miles south west of Carlisle.Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Dovenby, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dovenby Hall and Derventio.
Dovenby Hall
Building
Photo: James Denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dovenby Hall is a country house in 115 acres of land at Dovenby, about 2 miles north-west of Cockermouth, Cumbria, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
Derventio
Archaeological site
Derventio was a Roman settlement at Papcastle on the river Derwent near Cockermouth, Cumbria, England. It was the site of a Roman fort, which was originally built in timber and rebuilt in stone.
St Bridget’s Church
Church
Photo: David Trochos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Bridget's Church is in the village of Brigham, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Solway, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. St Bridget’s Church is situated 1½ miles south of Dovenby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tallentire and Little Broughton.
Tallentire
Village
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tallentire is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bridekirk, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is about 2.5 miles north of Cockermouth.
Little Broughton
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Broughton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Broughton, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England, located 3 miles west of Cockermouth. In 1891 the parish had a population of 820.
Bridekirk
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bridekirk is a village and civil parish in the Cumberland district in the county of Cumbria, England. It is around 3.2 kilometres north of the Derwent river and about the same distance from the nearest large town of Cockermouth just south of the river.
Dovenby
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Bridekirk, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.68799° or 54° 41′ 17″ northLongitude
-3.40619° or 3° 24′ 22″ westElevation
246 feet (75 metres)Open location code
9C6RMHQV+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 29361518OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Dovenby” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Dovenby”
- French: “Dovenby”
- Irish: “Dovenby”
- Ladin: “Dovenby”
- Polish: “Dovenby”
- Swedish: “Dovenby”
- Welsh: “Dovenby”
- “Dovenby”
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