Beetham
| Beetham | |
| Westmorland | |
|---|---|
 Village shop in Beetham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD495795 |
| Location: | 54°12’31"N, 2°46’33"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,784 (2011) |
| Post town: | Carnforth |
| Postcode: | LA7 |
| Dialling code: | 01539 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Westmorland and Lonsdale |
Beetham is a village in Westmorland beside the River Bela, a mile south of Milnthorpe (where the Bela enters the Kent Estuary). The village is at the very south of the county, just north of the border with Lancashire South of the Sands, and within the 'Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty'.
The parish had a population of 1,784 recorded at the 2011 Census.
History
The Domesday Book of 1086 records the land as one of the many manors owned by Roger de Poitou in Yorkshire (under which Westmorland is recorded in the book). It records that before the Norman Conquest the land was held by Earl Tostig, who also held the surrounding areas of Farleton, Preston Richard, Hincaster, Heversham and Levens, as well as Yealand Redmayne and Borwick in Lancashire. Beetham manor then amounted to 25 carucates of ploughland.
About the village
The Church of St Michael and All Angels is the parish church. Parts date from the 12th century.
The Heron Corn Mill is a working watermill and active arts and education centre.
The Heron Theatre, an 80-seat theatre housed in the listed 18th century grammar school .
The Fairy Steps are a natural staircase in a limestone crag, in the woodland to the west of the village.
Geography
The River Bela flows past the village and through the deer park of Dallam Tower, skirting Milnthorpe before it washes out into the Kent Estuary near Sandside.
Half a mile to the south-east, Beetham Hall is a 14th-century fortified manor house, now largely ruined, adjoining later buildings.[1]
To the north of the village is the Billerud paper factory employing 140 people and producing 45,000 tons a year, specialising in paper for pharmaceutical and food packaging.[2]
Pictures
St Michael's Church, Beetham
Cottages at Yew Tree House
Footpath to Leighton Hall, Lancashire
Highland cattle grazing
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Beetham) |
- Beetham Parish Council
- Heron Corn Mill
- Heron Theatre
- The Wheatsheaf at Beetham
- Beetham Tea Room
- Information on Beetham from GENUKI
References
- ↑ Beetham Hall and attached Outbuildings - British Listed Buildings
- ↑ Beetham, UK: Our production sites - BillerudKorsnäs
