Keld, Westmorland

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Keld
Westmorland

Keld Chapel
Location
Grid reference: NY552144
Location: 54°31’22"N, 2°41’32"W
Data
Post town: Penrith
Postcode: CA10
Dialling code: 017683
Local Government
Council: Westmorland & Furness
Parliamentary
constituency:
Penrith and The Border

Keld (or Keilde) is a hamlet in the midst of Westmorland, within the Parish of Shap.

On the banks of the River Lowther it is a mile southwest of Shap and falls within that village's civil parish. Shap Abbey, Keld's mediæval chapel in noted for its unusual simplicity.

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