Little Salkeld

Little Salkeld
Little Salkeld
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA10
Dialling code	01768
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°42′59″N 2°40′23″W / 54.7165°N 2.6730°W

Little Salkeld is a small village and former

Eden district of Cumbria, England, a few miles to the north east of Penrith. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 91.^[1]

History

The manor at Little Salkeld was confirmed by King Edward I in 1292. It is believed to be the original home of the Salkeld family of landowners.^[2]

Little Salkeld was formerly a township in Addingham parish,^[3] from 1866 Little Salkeld was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1934 and merged with Hunsonby and Winskill to create Hunsonby.^[4]

Places of interest

Little Salkeld Watermill, built in 1745, is a traditional English 18th-century

water mill.^[5]^[6]

Salkeld Hall is the village's largest house; built in the 16th century incorporating earlier walls.^[7] It is privately owned.

The village contains a vicarage but no church - it was built for Addingham parish church one mile to the north near Glassonby.

Popular with walkers – it is the closest village to Lacy's Caves and Long Meg and Her Daughters.

Transport

Little Salkeld can be reached by car 1½ miles from Langwathby off the A686, approximately 6 miles from M6 J40.

It lies on the C2C Cycle Route.

Settle-Carlisle Railway and branch line to the Long Meg Mine were both closed in the 1970s, although the disused platforms still remain and the station building is well maintained as a private house. The closest station is Langwathby. In 1918 the Little Salkeld rail accident in nearby Long Meg

Cutting killed seven people. A second accident occurred at the station in 1933, which resulted in the death of one railwayman and injuries to a further five members of railway staff and thirty passengers.

The village is believed to have been connected at one time by a bridge over the River Eden to Great Salkeld.

References

^ "Population Statistics Little Salkeld Tn/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "Parishes: Addingham - Aspatria", Magna Britannia, 4: Cumberland: 4–18, 1816, retrieved 3 January 2007
^ "History of Little Salkeld, in Eden and Cumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Relationships and changes Little Salkeld Tn/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ Little Salkeld Watermill web site Archived 2 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Little Salkeld Watermill, Article on Visit Cumbria Archived 4 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ "English Heritage PastScape monument number 12238". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2007.

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Little Salkeld (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

[1] "Population Statistics Little Salkeld Tn/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[2] "Parishes: Addingham - Aspatria", Magna Britannia, 4: Cumberland: 4–18, 1816, retrieved 3 January 2007

[3] "History of Little Salkeld, in Eden and Cumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[4] "Relationships and changes Little Salkeld Tn/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[5] Little Salkeld Watermill web site Archived 2 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Little Salkeld Watermill, Article on Visit Cumbria Archived 4 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[7] "English Heritage PastScape monument number 12238". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2007.

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