Jericho, Cumberland
| Jericho | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 The farmhouse at Jericho | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY113463 |
| Location: | 54°48’14"N, 3°22’48"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Maryport |
| Postcode: | CA15 |
| Dialling code: | 01900 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Workington |
Jericho is a tiny hamet in western Cumberland, within the Parish of Holme St Cuthbert. It is to be found two miles east of the village of Mawbray. It is at a junction of minor lands and barely cosists of four cottages or so: on a great many maps, Jericho is not marked.
The settlement appears in birth, marriage, and death registrations from as early as the mid-19th century,[1] and so certainly existed by that time. Jericho consists of only a single farmhouse,[2] Otherwise there is not a great deal of historical information about the place.
Nearby is the Overby sand quarry, where Thomas Armstrong Ltd. extracts sand from a large deposit left behind after the last ice age. Work has been ongoing at the quarry, and other surrounding satellite quarries, for the past fifty years.[3]
Jericho is located at a staggered crossroads, where single-lane roads lead north-east in the direction of Tarns, east toward Aikshaw and the Overby sand quarry, south-west to Edderside and the coast, and north-west to Holme St Cuthbert by way of Goodyhills. The settlement has no public transportation links; the closest regular bus stop is on the B5300 coast road, two and a half miles to the south-west.
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References
- ↑ "Brough Family". http://www.broughfamily.org/families/brough_one_name_study/aqwg36.htm. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ↑ "Marra Man - Jericho". https://www.flickr.com/photos/36034969@N08/6835382879/in/set-72157624054878464. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ↑ "Stephenson-Halliday - Overby Sand Quarry". http://www.stephenson-halliday.com/projects/overby-sand-quarry/. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
