Frizington
| Frizington | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
 St Paul's Church, Frizington | |
  Frizington Location in the former Copeland Borough  Frizington Location within Cumbria | |
| Population | 3,607 (2011.Civil Parish) |
| OS grid reference | NY0316 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FRIZINGTON |
| Postcode district | CA26 |
| Dialling code | 01946 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Frizington is a village in Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland, near the Lake District National Park.
Historically, it was a collection of farms and houses, but became a unified village as a result of the mining (both coal and iron ore) opportunities in the area. The village is known for its church, which was built in 1867–1868.
Location
[edit]It lies by road five miles (eight kilometres) east of Whitehaven, 38 miles (61 kilometres) southwest of Carlisle, and 44+1⁄2 miles (72 kilometres) north of Barrow-in-Furness.
Etymology
[edit]"The name as a whole means 'tūn of Frisa' or 'of Frisa's people'"[1] ('tūn' is Old English for 'homestead', 'village'; OE 'Frīsa' means 'the Frisian').
Governance
[edit]Frizington is within the Whitehaven and Workington UK Parliamentary constituency.
Frizington has its own Parish Council; Arlecdon & Frizington Parish Council, the civil parish of Arlecdon and Frizington, has a population of 3,678,[2]
Notable people
[edit]Stephen Holgate, a professional rugby league player with a number of clubs, came from Frizington.
June 2010 shootings
[edit]On 2 June 2010, Frizington was the scene of the second murder in the killing spree known as the Cumbria shootings, when Derrick Bird shot his family solicitor, Kevin Commons.[3]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol. xxi. Vol. Part 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 336.
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Copeland Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2009-09-18
- ^ "Cumbria Shootings - Interactive Map". BBC. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
External links
[edit]- Cumbria County History Trust: Arlecdon (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
- Frizington Cumbria, from The Cumbria Directory.
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