Cliburn
| Cliburn | |
| Westmorland | |
|---|---|
 The Old Rectory | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY584242 |
| Location: | 54°36’43"N, 2°38’42"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 274 (2011) |
| Post town: | Penrith |
| Postcode: | CA10 |
| Dialling code: | 01931 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Penrith and The Border |
Cliburn is a small village in Westmorland, in the broad valley of the River Eden. The River Leith flows at the floot of the village, less than a mile above its meeting with the Eden.
The wider civil parish, which includes the hamlet of Town Head, had a recorded population of 274 at the 2011 Census.
Cliburn village is situated at crossroads on the minor east-west road between Bolton and Penrith and a north-south road connecting Morland in the south to the A66(T). The River Leith runs through the village south of the road. The village was formerly served by Cliburn railway station on the Eden Valley railway line, half a mile north of the village, and the village pub was called the Railway Inn. After the station closed, the name was changed to the Golden Pheasant Inn.
Name
The name 'Cliburn' is believed to come from 'clay burn',[1] but it has also been interpreted as 'Stream by the bank'
The village's name has also appeared in records as Cleburn and Cleyburn.[2]
Cliburn Hall
Cliburn Hall, a three storey Pele tower was built in 1387 by Robert de Cliburn. Alterations and additions were made in 1567 by Richard Cliburn.
In 1872 the tower was de-castellated, and given a gabled roof.[3] Originally there was an additional square tower at the south side of the building.[4]
A stone inscription from the building reads:
Richard Cleburn this they me called
In which my time hath built this Hall
A.D. 1567
St Cuthbert's Church
The parih church is St Cuthbert's Church, the nave and chancel of which date from the 12th century. The church is a Grade II listed building.[5] The church was restored in the 19th century and all the windows except one date from that period.
The rectory stands between the village and former railway station.[6]
Other features
Cliburn Bridge, at the south of the village over the River Leith on the road to Morland, and Cliburn Mill Bridge to the east at the confluence of the Leith and the River Lyvennet on the road to Bolton are built of local red sandstone. They were built after 1822 when a powerful flood destroyed the earlier bridges.[7][8]
Cliburn Moss, northwest of the village is a national nature reserve (NNR) contains a mixture of bog and heath, produced by a hollow in the glacial valley, and by the human activity of peat cutting.[9]
A school was endowed in 1807. The school/house was rebuilt in 1877.[10]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Cliburn) |
- Cliburn www.visitoruk.com
References
- ↑ Joseph Nicolson, Richard Burn, William Nicolson, Henry Hornyold-Strickland: 'The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, Volume 1 (1777); "The Parish of Cliburn" , pp.457-460
- ↑ Information on Cliburn from GENUKI
- ↑ The Later Records relating to North Westmorland: or the Barony of Appleby , John F. Curwen , 1932 , pp.291-295 , "Cliburn Hall" [1]
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 12105 – Cliburn Hall
- ↑ Church of St Cuthbert, Cliburn - British Listed Buildings
- ↑ Rectory Farm, House and Adjoining Buildings, Cliburn - British Listed Buildings
- ↑ The Later Records relating to North Westmorland: or the Barony of Appleby , John F. Curwen, 1932, pp.291-295, "Bridges" , [2]
- ↑ Mannex, P.J.: History, topography, and directory, of Westmorland; and Londsdale north of the sands, in Lancashire together with a descriptive and geological view of the whole of the Lake district' (1849) pp.216-7; "Cliburn Parish"
- ↑ Cliburn Moss NNR Natural England
- ↑ Parishes (West Ward) - St Cuthbert, Cliburn
- Wainwright, Alfred: google book preview Westmorland Heritage (2006) p. 62 "Cliburn"