Nethertown
| Nethertown | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Beach Houses, Nethertown | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY0005 |
| Location: | 54°27’11"N, 3°33’32"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Egremont |
| Postcode: | CA22 |
| Dialling code: | 01946 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Copeland |
Nethertown is a small village in Cumberland on the Irish Sea coast.
The community is covered by the civil parish of "Lowside Quarter"; created out of one of the old parochial townships of the parish of St Bees.
History
During the Second World War, an anti-aircraft training camp was established, which later became the contractor camp housing workers building the Sellafield nuclear complex and its predecessors from the late 1940s to early 1950s. Following the departure of the contractors, the canteen was converted into the "Tow Bar Inn" - a well patronised dance venue. This was closed in the 1980s and the site is now a private residential estate.
The village had its own school, which later became a mission church for St Bees Priory. It is now a private residence.
The community today is predominantly residential and agricultural.
Transport links
The village is served by Nethertown railway station which is spectacularly sited on a short cliff above the Irish Sea coast.
Gallery
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Looking south from Nethertown -
Looking North to St Bees Head from the station -
The coast line just north of Nethertown station, which is just to left of the house -
View towards Nethertown from Coulderton beach
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Nethertown) |
- Sim, Douglas: "100 Years of St Bees" (1995) ISBN 0-9526990-0-1