Bootle, Cumberland

Bootle
Cumberland
St Michael and All Angels' Church
Location
Grid reference:	SD106882
Location:	54°16’48"N, 3°22’12"W
Data
Population:	745  (2001)
Post town:	Millom
Postcode:	LA19
Dialling code:	01229 718
Local Government
Council:	Cumberland
Parliamentary constituency:	Copeland

Bootle is a village in the very south of Cumberland, close to Millom. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 745. The village stands outside the Lake District National Park, and close to the Irish Sea coast. Near to Bootle is the Eskmeals Firing Range, which was a large employer but in the mid to late 1990s reduced the workforce. Also within the parish is Hycemoor, a hamlet situated a mile northwest of Bootle; Bootle railway station is at Hycemoor.

History

Bootle is listed in the Domesday Book as one of the townships forming the Manor of Hougun held by Earl Tostig. A charter for a market and a fair for the 'exaltation of the cross' was granted in 1347 by King Edward III to John de Huddleston, Lord of Millom.

Churches

• Church of England:
  • St Michael's
• Independent: Chapel (formerly a Congregational Church built 1780, later United Reformed Church but independent since the 1990s. The building is now owned by Rural Ministries and is still in use as an Evangelical Church.

Some remains of the Benedictine nunnery Seaton Priory are still to be found to the north of the parish.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bootle, Cumberland)

• Bootle Evangelical Church
• Bootle on MillomWeb
• Duddon & Furness Mountain Rescue Team