Croglin
| Croglin | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 Croglin | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY572471 |
| Location: | 54°49’1"N, 2°39’54"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Carlisle |
| Postcode: | CA4 |
| Dialling code: | 01768 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Penrith and The Border |
Croglin is the name of a village, beck (stream), and grange in Cumberland, and which gives its name to the local beck.
This is a quiet, picturesque fellside village between the Pennines and the River Eden, about 14 miles south-east of Carlisle. The surrounding land is used for agriculture, mainly grazing sheep. A small river, Croglin Water, flows through the valley down into the River Eden.
Name
Ekwall suggests that the name 'Croglin' is a compound of the Middle English crok, meaning "bend" (itself derived from Old Norse krókr, and 'Linn', a Northumbrian and Scots word for "torrent", from the Old English hlynn. [1][2] This might refer to the position of the village by a bend in the river.
History
A village has existed in this location for a long time and may originally have been two separate hamlets. There has been a church on the current site since the Norman period, but the present building, dedicated to St John the Baptist, was erected in 1878 to a design by J. Hewison of Edinburgh. There is a post office, which opens two mornings a week, and a pub, the Robin Hood.
Because of its proximity to the Scottish border, in the unquiet times of the Middle Ages the village was often raided by the Border Reivers into the 15th century. The lower two stories of a defensive pele tower still survive, incorporated into the house formerly known as Croglin Vicarage, now The Old Pele, a testament to that need for defence.[3]
A toy manufacturer, Croglin Toys, was set up in the village in 1980, but now operates from nearby Lazonby.[4] A small dairy in the area, Thornby Moor Dairy, founded in 1979, has developed a type of cheese made from ewe's milk, known as Croglin Cheese.[5]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1922). The place-names of Lancashire. Manchester: Chetham Society.
- ↑ Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol.xx. Part 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 183.
- ↑ The Old Pele and Rectory Farmhouse - British Listed Buildings
- ↑ "Children give Eden firm their "most playable toys in Britain" vote", Cumberland & Westmorland Herald, 14 December 2007, http://www.cwherald.com/archive/archive/children-give-eden-firm-their-%26%238220%3bmost-playable-toys-in-britain%26%238221%3b-vote-20071214301094.htm, retrieved 7 December 2009
- ↑ Thornby Moor Dairy, UKTV, http://uktv.co.uk/food/outlet/aid/618283, retrieved 7 December 2009