Cartmel Fell
| Cartmel Fell | |
| Lancashire | |
|---|---|
 St Anthony's Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD417879 |
| Location: | 54°16’59"N, 2°53’46"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 329 (2011) |
| Post town: | Grange over Sands |
| Postcode: | LA11 |
| Dialling code: | 01539 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Westmorland and Lonsdale |
Cartmel Fell is a dispersed hamlet in the hills of Lancashire North of the Sands, on the west side of the River Winster, which marks the county border with Westmorland.
The name is that of the local hill. It is seven miles north of Cartmel village, and apparently named from the Cartmel district of Lancashire or from the lands of Cartmel Priory rather than from the village directly.
The hamlet in it various parts had a recorded population of 329 at the 2011 Census.
About the village
St. Anthony's Church was built as a chapel of ease for Cartmel Priory in about 1504, and has changed little since. It contains some 17th-century box pews and a rare three-decker pulpit of 1698 as well as stained glass which may have come from Cartmel Priory.[1][2]
There was a school next to St Anthony's Church that opened in 1871 and closed in 1971.[3] The building is now the parish hall.[4]
There are thirty-four listed buildings in the parish. The church[5] and two 1890s houses by C.F.A. Voysey (Broadleys[6] and Moor Crag[7]) are Grade I listed; Hodge Hill[8] is Grade II* and the remaining houses, barns, bridge etc are Grade II.
A mile to the north-east, the Grade II* listed Cowmire Hall incorporates a 16th-century pele tower, whilst the main block of the house dates from the 17th century.[9][10] Also of note are Chapel House, Ravensbarrow Lodge, and Danes Court Cottage.
The fell
| Cartmel Fell | |||
| Lancashire | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Raven's Barrow on Cartmel Fell | |||
| Range: | Lake District Outlying Fells | ||
| Summit: | 500 feet SD408883 54°17’13"N, 2°54’36"W | ||
Cartmel Fell is also the name of the hill from which the eponymous village is named. It stands to the west of the village, and reaches a height of just 500 feet at its summit, known as Raven's Barrow.
The fell is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Wainwright names as Cartmel Fell the "elevated tangle of bracken and coppice forming [the Winster Valley]'s western flanks", and describes a walk from the church to the summit Raven's Barrow, which he calls "a lovely belvedere for viewing a lovely valley". He says that the cairn is locally known as Ravensbarrow or Rainsbarrow Old Man.[11] To the northwest is Heights Tarn, a small lake on private land.
References
- ↑ St Anthony's Church, Cartmel Fell - British Listed Buildings
- ↑ St Anthony's, Cartmel Fell: Two Valleys Churches
- ↑ "Nostalgia: Fell school that saved pupils eight mile walk". The Westmorland Gazette. 28 October 2009. http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/nostalgia/4708114.Fell_school_that_saved_pupils_eight_mile_walk/.
- ↑ "Cartmel Fell Parish Hall". Action with communities in Cumbria. http://www.cumbriaaction.org.uk/WhatWeDo/CommunityBuildings/CommunityBuildingsDirectory/TabId/136/ArtMID/588/ArticleID/390/Cartmel-Fell-Parish-Hall.aspx. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1224955: Church of St Anthony
- ↑ National Heritage List 1224995: Broadleys
- ↑ National Heritage List 1224960: Moor Crag
- ↑ National Heritage List 1289621: Hodge Hill
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 41625 – Cowmire Hall
- ↑ National Heritage List 1087118: Cowmire Hall and wall ... with gate piers
- ↑ Wainwright, Alfred: A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells,