Crosthwaite

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Crosthwaite
Westmorland
Crosthwaite St Mary.jpg
St Mary's Church, Crosthwaite
Location
Grid reference: SD437914
Location: 54°18’58"N, 2°51’56"W
Data
Post town: Kendal
Postcode: LA8
Dialling code: 015395
Local Government
Council: Westmorland & Furness
Parliamentary
constituency:
Westmorland and Lonsdale

Crosthwaite is a small village in Westmorland.

St Mary's Parish Church

The parish church is St Mary's. The first reference to a place of worship was in a 12th-century grant of land.[1]

Village hall

The Argles Memorial Hall was built in 1931, on land donated from the local landowners. It underwent a major refurbishment in 2003 and is currently used by The Exchange, children's playgroups and keep fit classes.

The hall is the meeting place of the Crosthwaite Exchange, a weekly social meeting event established in February 2007,[2] as a place for local people to buy and sell local produce, home baked goods, books, and meet up with other villagers. Since then, the exchange has been used by the NHS as a model for exchanges in other villages.

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References

  1. Bownass, Pam; Mutch, Penny; Trotter, Hartley and Wilson, John: 'Cameos of Crosthwaite and Lyth' ISBN 0-9544537-0-0
  2. The Crosthwaite Exchange