Anthorn
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| Anthorn | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 Former chapel, Anthorn | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY195585 |
| Location: | 54°54’53"N, 3°15’26"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 235 (2001) |
| Post town: | Wigton |
| Postcode: | CA7 |
| Dialling code: | 016973 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Penrith and the Border |
Anthorn is a village in Cumberland, on the south shore of the Solway Firth, beside the estuary of the River Wampool about thirteen miles west of Carlisle. Here stands the Anthorn Radio Station, broadcasting specialised low frequency signals for timekeeping and navigation.
History
Originally no more than a cluster of cottages and small farms on the shore, the village increased in size and importance in 1942, when an existing First World War landing strip was developed as HMS Nuthatch, a Royal Naval Air Station. The station closed in 1958, leaving only its powerful transmitter, but the associated housing development, larger than the original village itself and about half a mile to the east, remains.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Anthorn) |
- Anthorn History and photographs