East Curthwaite

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East Curthwaite
Cumberland

East Curthwaite
Location
Grid reference: NY332487
Location: 54°49’45"N, 3°2’19"W
Data
Post town: Wigton
Postcode: CA7
Dialling code: 016973
Local Government
Council: Cumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Penrith and The Border

East Curthwaite is a hamlet in Cumberland.

The village was documented as "Kyrkthwate" in 1272, telling is that the origin of the name is "Clearing near or belonging to a church",.[1]

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Curthwaite East Curthwaite)

References

  1. Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9 page 415