Plumpton, Cumberland
| Plumpton | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 St. John the Evangelist parish church, Plumpton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY496372 |
| Location: | 54°43’38"N, 2°46’55"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Penrith |
| Postcode: | CA11 |
| Dialling code: | 01768 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Penrith and The Border |
Plumpton otherwise called Plumpton Wall is a small village about four miles north of Penrith, in Cumberland.
The village is made up of the former separate hamlets, amongst them Salkeld Gate and Brockleymoor, and consists mainly of houses along a minor road connecting the A6 to the B5305 near Skelton and also a few houses and farms along the A6 itself.
Close by are the settlements of Plumpton Head, Plumpton Foot and Plumpton Street.
The village has a parish church, St John's. There is a primary school and a café and garden centre (the Pot Place). The village Post Office closed in 2016.
History
The earthwork remains of a substantial Roman fort can be seen at Plumpton Wall, on the Roman road south from Carlisle. The fort was known in antiquity as Voreda.
Plumpton station was opened by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway on 17 December 1846. It lay on the West Coast Main Line but after ownership by the London and North Western Railway and the London Midland and Scottish Railway it was closed by British Railways on 31 May 1948 soon after nationalisation.
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