Tirril
| Tirril | |
| Westmorland | |
|---|---|
 Tirril | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY504266 |
| Location: | 54°37’58"N, 2°46’11"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Penrith |
| Postcode: | CA10 |
| Dialling code: | 01768 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Penrith and The Border |
Tirril is a hamlet in the very north of Westmorland, adjoining Sockbridge, which is on the south bank of the River Eamont, forming here the border with Cumberland. The closest town is Penrith in the latter county, two and a half miles to the north.
The two hamlets of Tirril and Thorpe have grown together with Sockbridge so that they are in effect one with the latter village. A minor beck, the Lady Beck, separates Tirril from Sockbridge.
About the village
The hamlet is just outside the Lake District National Park.
The local public house in Tirril is the Queen's Head. This was the original home of the Tirril Brewery which is now, despite its name, based beneath the Pennine fells in a Grade II-listed red sandstone barn in the village of Long Marton near the county town, Appleby.
Tirril had a Quaker Meeting House from 1668-1862. The Meeting house was built by Thomas Wilkinson (1686-1758). From 1902 the building was used as the Village Reading Room and in 1932 sold for £140. It is now a house.[1]
In 2017 the local council approved an application to build 30 houses in Sockbridge and Tirril, a decision, which given the limited infrastructure of the villages, was strongly opposed locally.[2]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Butler, David: 'The Quaker Meeting Houses of Britain vol 2' ISBN 0-900469-44-7
- ↑ The Cumberland and Westmorland Herald 29.4.2017 page 9
