Morland

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Morland
Westmorland

The Crown Inn, Morland
Location
Grid reference: NY598224
Location: 54°35’45"N, 2°37’22"W
Data
Population: 374  (2011)
Post town: Penrith
Postcode: CA10
Dialling code: 01931
Local Government
Council: Westmorland & Furness
Parliamentary
constituency:
Penrith and The Border

Morland is a large village in the rolling hills above the Eden Valley in Westmorland. The wider parish encompasses the hamlets of Town Head and Morland Moor, and had a recorded population of 380 at the 2011 census.

The village has a pub, the Crown Inn and the Millyard Café. It also has a small Primary School, Morland Area Church of England Primary School with approximately 60-70 pupils.

Parish church

The Church of St Lawrence (otherwise written 'Laurence') is unique in Westmorland as it has an Anglo-Saxon tower.

The ecclesiastical parish includes the villages of King's Meaburn, Newby and Sleagill.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Cumbria Morland)

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