Fornside
| Fornside | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 Fornside | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY319204 |
| Location: | 54°34’30"N, 3°3’11"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Keswick |
| Postcode: | CA12 |
| Dialling code: | 017687 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Copeland |
Fornside is a hamlet in Cumberland, within the Lake District National Park.
The hamlet is part of the area known as St John's in the Vale,[1] and is located about four miles as the crow flies to the southeast of Keswick, along the B5322 road.
The name 'Fornside' is believed to be of Scandinavian origin; Forn meaning "old" or "former".[2]
The hamlet contains little more than self-catering cottages belonging to Fornside Farm, and 'The Studio', the former house of an artist which was "originally a barn adjoining Fornside House and is about 250 years old".[3][4] There is also an old green Residential Carriage at Fornside, despite there being no nearby railway. The farmer owners Robert and Pam Hall rear Herdwick sheep.[5] On the western side is the Sosgill and Righause woods.
In popular fiction
Fornside is mentioned in Hall Caine's novel The Shadow of a Crime and visited by the character of Rotha.[6]
Fields of Fornside Pasture
Herdwick sheep
Post box
Residential carriage
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Fornside) |
References
- ↑ Richards, Mark: The Near Eastern Fells, page 110 (Cicerone Press, 2011) ISBN 978-1-84965-338-1
- ↑ Gillian Fellows Jensen (1985). Scandinavian settlement names in the North-West. C.A. Reitzels Forlag. p. 63. ISBN 978-87-7421-443-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=EIpnAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ↑ Fornside Farm
- ↑ English Tourism Council; VisitBritain (1 November 2003). Somewhere Special. Aa Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-7095-7757-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=tnyTLvLAIOAC. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ↑ Prince, Rose (24 June 2010). The Savvy Shopper. HarperCollins UK. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-00-737832-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=GvJrRV671dcC&pg=PT329. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ↑ Caine, Hall (June 2009). The Shadow of a Crime. Wildside Press LLC. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-4344-5540-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=TEjcxkZo5bYC&pg=PA98. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
