Irton Cross is an Anglo-Saxon cross in the graveyard of St Paul's Church, in the parish of Irton with Santon, Cumbria, England. Dating from the early 9th century, it lies chronologically between the Bewcastle Cross and the Gosforth cross and has greater affinity with the earlier Anglo-Roman style of Bewcastle.

Murthwaite Halt railway station

Railway station

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Murthwaite Halt railway station is a small intermediate railway station on the 15" gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in Cumbria, England. It is named after the farm that stood in the field opposite the railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santon Bridge and Holmrook.

Santon Bridge

Village

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Santon Bridge is a small village in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, at a bridge over the River Irt. The civil parish is called Irton with Santon. The population of this civil parish as at the 2011 census was 316.

Holmrook

Village

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Holmrook is a linear village in the English county of Cumbria. It lies along the A595 road on the west banks of the River Irt. The B5344 road connects it to Drigg, with its railway station less than two miles to the west. Holmrook is situated 2 miles west of Irton.

Eskdale Green

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Eskdale Green is a small village in Cumbria at one end of the Eskdale Valley. The hamlet of Boot has an old corn mill in the heart but wander south away from the mill to find the little old church by the river.

Irton

Type: Locality
Location: Irton with Santon, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.39182° or 54° 23′ 31″ north

Longitude

-3.37835° or 3° 22′ 42″ west

Elevation

115 feet (35 metres)

Open location code

9C6R9JRC+PM

GeoNames ID

13273524

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