Watch Hill
Watch Hill is a locality in Allhallows, Cumberland, England. Watch Hill is situated nearby to the locality Upmanby, as well as near the hamlet Baggrow.Places of Interest
Highlights include Torpenhow Hill and St Michael’s Church.
Torpenhow Hill
Peak
Torpenhow Hill is claimed to be the name of a hill near the village of Torpenhow in Cumbria, England, a name that is tautological. According to an analysis by linguist Darryl Francis and locals, there is no landform formally known as Torpenhow Hill there, either officially or locally, which would make the term an example of a ghost word. Torpenhow Hill is situated 2½ miles southeast of Watch Hill.
St Michael’s Church
Church
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St Michael's Church is in the civil parish of Blennerhasset and Torpenhow, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of Derwent, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. St Michael’s Church is situated 2 miles southeast of Watch Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watchhill and Baggrow.
Watchhill
Hamlet
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Watchhill is a hamlet in the parish of Allhallows, Cumbria, England. The parish had 538 recorded residents in the 2001 census. Watchhill is sited near the highest point in the parish, most of the houses fronting the B5299 road from Caldbeck Common to Aspatria.
Baggrow
Hamlet
Baggrow is a small village situated north of the Lake District National Park in the English county of Cumbria, historically within Cumberland. In many parts of the village views of England's 4th highest peak Skiddaw, standing 931 metres above sea level, can be seen to the south east, some 9.5 mi away.
Harbybrow
Locality
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Harbybrow also spelled as Harby Brow, is a small settlement in the parish of Allhallows, Cumbria, England. Consisting of two inhabited dwellings, the old manor house and nearby mill, it is the smallest hamlet in the parish.
Watch Hill
- Type: Locality
- Location: Allhallows, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.77096° or 54° 46′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.26491° or 3° 15′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C6RQPCP+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 5081242202OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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