Melkinthorpe
Melkinthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lowther, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is near the villages of Hackthorpe and Cliburn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Clifton Moor Skirmish and Cliburn Moss.
Clifton Moor Skirmish
Battlefield
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Clifton Moor Skirmish took place on the evening of Wednesday 18 December during the Jacobite rising of 1745. Following the decision of the council of Charles Edward Stuart to retreat from Derby on 6 December, the fast-moving Jacobite army split into three…
Cliburn Moss
Nature reserve
Cliburn Moss is a national nature reserve located northwest of the village of Cliburn, in the county of Cumbria, England. It contains wetland habitats, produced by a hollow in the glacial valley.
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. Lowther Castle is situated 2½ miles southwest of Melkinthorpe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Strickland and Eamont Bridge.
Great Strickland
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Strickland is a village and civil parish in the Eden Valley between the Cumbrian mountains in the west and the Pennines in the east. It is 5 miles south east of Penrith, and is in the former county of Westmorland.
Eamont Bridge
Village
Photo: Northernhenge, CC0.
Eamont Bridge is a small village immediately to the south of Penrith, Cumbria, England. The village is named after the bridge over the River Eamont and straddles the boundary between the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. Eamont Bridge is situated 3 miles northwest of Melkinthorpe.
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. Whale is situated 3 miles southwest of Melkinthorpe.
Melkinthorpe
- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet in Cumbria, England
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Lowther, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.62018° or 54° 37′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.68895° or 2° 41′ 20″ westElevation
446 feet (136 metres)Open location code
9C6VJ8C6+3COpenStreetMap ID
node 237675034OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Melkinthorpe” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Melkinthorpe”
- French: “Melkinthorpe”
- Polish: “Melkinthorpe”
- Swedish: “Melkinthorpe”
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